China Is Likely to Worsen Water Shortage When Solving Air Pollution

Since the smog in Beijing made international headlines in January 2013, the nationwide public cry has grown louder and louder with the worsening of its frequency and severity. This event has propelled a green-policy frenzy and the new height was reached when China Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, called for a war against pollution on March 5, in the opening of the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress. A wide range of approaches affecting various industries and regions were publicized and more details can be expected in the next few months. Among the many challenges China faces in this quest, the biggest one is its already severe water shortage, which is likely to worsen in curbing air pollution.

According to Wu Xiaoqing, vice-minister of China Environmental Protection Ministry, Beijing, Hebei Province and Tianjin produce 30 percent of the national pollution on only 8 percent of the territory, because this region hosts 55 percent of steel industries, 40 percent of cement industries and 52 percent gasoline and diesel industries.

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