I Background

Since 2018, the Yangtze River Delta region has been carrying our comprehensive air pollution control in autumn and winter, and its air quality has improved significantly. In the autumn and winter of 2019-2020, the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the Yangtze River Delta region dropped by 22% compared to the same period of 2017-2018, and the number of days with heavy pollution dropped by 79%.The average PM2.5 concentration in the Yangtze River Delta region in autumn and winter is still 50% to 70% higher than that in other seasons, and heavy pollution weather accounts for over 95% of the whole year.

As the epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve in China, many of the production capacity and output that have been restrained by the epidemic have resumed in a short period of time. Pollutant emissions may rebound in autumn and winter, and pressure for continuous improvement of atmospheric environmental quality will increase.

II Requirement

Objective: The average PM2.5 concentration in the Yangtze River Delta region will be controlled within 45 micrograms per cubic meter from October to December 2020, and within 58 micrograms per cubic meter from January to March 2021.

Region involved: Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Lianyungang, Huaian, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou, Suqian, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Quzhou, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Lishui, Hefei, Huaibei, Bozhou, Suzhou, Fuyang, Benbu, Huainan, Chuzhou, Lu’an, Maanshan, Wuhu, Xuancheng, Tongling, Chizhou, Anqing, Huangshan.

III Task

a)     Strictly shut down the polluting enterprises

b)    Carry out ultra-low emission transformation for steel industry in an orderly manner

c)     Implement requirements for industrial restructuring

d)    Strictly control total coal consumption

e)     Carry out differential emission reduction according to performance rating