Zhuzhou held the second meeting on air pollution prevention and control and will launch a major initiative.

From January to May, the environmental air quality of Zhuzhou City ranked low in the province, and the situation was not optimistic. On June 14th, our city held the second air pollution prevention and control scheduling meeting of this year, requiring all levels of the city to take effective measures to reverse the current poor air quality situation. Vice Mayor He Zhaohui attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

Data shows that as of May 31st, the number of days with qualified air quality in our city was 97, with an excellent rate of 64.2%. Compared with the same period last year, the number of qualified days decreased by 16 days and the excellent rate dropped by 10.1 percentage points. Among the six main pollutants, the average concentration of sulfur dioxide decreased by 28.6% compared with the same period last year, carbon monoxide remained the same as last year, and nitrogen oxides, ozone, PM10, and PM2.5 increased by 2.6%, 11.8%, 5.4%, and 10.2% respectively compared with the same period last year.

The director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, Zhang Wencai, said that he had submitted a report to the municipal government, suggesting that through launching the "Summer Offensive" for air pollution prevention and control, measures such as introducing control measures for the burning of fireworks and firecrackers, strictly controlling enterprises that emit smoke and dust, severely punishing the burning of garbage, installing dedicated electricity meters for enterprises' environmental protection facilities, eliminating open-air barbecues, and strengthening pollution control investment be taken to improve the atmospheric environment.

He Zhaohui required that all levels of the city must further enhance their ideological awareness, clearly define responsibility targets, implement all requirements of air pollution prevention and control work, perform duties conscientiously and enforce laws strictly, and ensure that air quality continues to improve.

The deputy district heads in charge of various districts, as well as the heads of the departments of development and reform, housing and construction, urban management, economy and information technology, and traffic police, attended the meeting and made statements based on the actual situation, proposing corresponding suggestions.