Amended air law in China

Almost a year ago, China released the amended air law. Finally, after 15 years, China took action to amend and strengthen its air law because of the decreasingly bad air pollution in the whole country. According to some experts, the amended air law aimed to make local governments and agencies more responsible for air pollution control and to regulate more strictly of the air pollutants emission from companies (Spegele, 2015). Moreover, China is trying to change its energy sources from fossil fuels to cleaner source of energy such as hydropower and natural gas (Spegele, 2015).

The drivers for this amended air law in China can be divided into four: Firstly, there are broad concerns about health impact of air pollution from both the government and the public in China. Secondly, there are growing concerns about the devastating disasters which can be caused by climate change in China. Moreover, China now has the desire for a energy security. Lastly, China realizes the need for a sustainable economic development. The amended air law can really be an important weapon for China to fight for a blue sky. Although fighting for a blue sky proved to be a difficult task for China, it is not an impossible mission. A few days ago, my friend studying in Beijing told me that air quality in Beijing was quite good in many days in this October.

Therefore, the amended air law in China is a symbol for the big improvement of air quality in China. With China's determination to clean its air, I believe that China will eventually get its blue sky back. :)

Reference:
Spegele, B. (2015). China Moves to Bolster Air-Pollution-Control Law. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 October 2015, from http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-bolster-air-pollution-control-law-1417011241

Here is a really good video of the discussion about the amended air law in China:

Here are some pictures of the blue sky in Beijing:

Photograph taken by Peixuan Yin in Beijing

Photographs taken by Zixuan Yuan in Beijing