Shenyang collaborates with neighboring cities for air pollution control

A themed activity marking this year’s World Environment Day was held at Shenshuiwan Park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on June 5, 2018.

During the activity, Shenyang Environmental Protection Bureau announced a proposal that the city will join hands with its neighboring cities, including Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Liaoyang and Tieling, top improve air pollution control.

Based on the proposal, the six cities will boost transformation of economic and urban development and set up an "air pollutants regional linkage mechanism", working together on planning, establishing standards, supervision and pollution control. They will hold at least one joint meeting annually on regional air pollution.

Meanwhile, they will strengthen the monitoring of air quality, improve the joint ability to forecast and issue alerts about air pollution, and intensify joint emergency responses to heavy pollution.

In addition to speeches by government officials, representatives from colleges and companies also vowed to spare no efforts in protecting the environment.

According to Song Xin, manager of the public business department of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Liaoning (North) Co, the company celebrated World Environment Day June 5 by demonstrating environmental innovation by supplying relief tents it had made out of recycled plastic water bottles. 

The activity was sponsored by Liaoning Environmental Protection Department and Liaoning Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee Office, organized by Shenyang Environmental Protection Bureau and Shenyang Spiritual Civilization Office, and co-organized by Heping district committee, Heping district government, Liaoning Ecological Construction and Environmental Protection Vocational Education Group, the environmental protection bureaus of Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Liaoyang and Tieling, COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Liaoning (North) Co and Mobike Technology Co.