OREANDA-NEWS. The air quality of Hefei will be greatly improved and it will be on top 10 list among all capital cities in 3 years as Hefei has decided to make great effort to battle smog.

Objectives:

Hefei has issued 26 measures to fight pollution and smog. In 2014, the annual average density of PM10 will decrease by over 3.75% compared with that in 2012 and it will stand at less than 80 microgram per cube meter in 2017, down more than 25% from that in 2012.

By 2017, the annual average density of PM2.5 will be down more than 20% from that in 2012. By 2017, the smog weather in Hefei will decrease significantly and Hefei's air quality will be on top 10 list among all capital cities.

Measures:

New projects of serious production overcapacity such as steel, cement, flat glass, ship building and electrolytic aluminium will be not approved. The heavy-pollution enterprises in downtown will be relocated by 2017.

By 2017, piped natural gas will be supplied to 4 counties (Feixi County, Feidong County, Changfeng County and Lujiang County) and 1 city (Chaohu City); 20 thousand LNG vehicles will be updated or modified.

By 2017, the green area per capita in built-up area will be up 20% from that in 2012; mechanical cleaning machines will be used in downtown.