Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Improvement of air quality during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period will still depend on emission reduction. In the future, our work will still focus on three key words.

On February 27, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held its routine press conference for February. Li Tianwei, the Director of the Atmospheric Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated that the improvement of air quality during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period will still depend on emissions reduction and whether such reduction can be truly implemented. In the future, our work will focus on three key words: The first key word is "consolidation." We will promote high-quality transformation of the coke and cement industries to achieve ultra-low emissions, and continue to reduce pollution emissions in key industries. We will deepen the governance of scattered coal and the rectification of boilers and kilns to prevent a resurgence of scattered coal use. The second key word is "improvement." We will optimize governance effectiveness, carry out rectification and improvement of inefficient and ineffective facilities, strengthen comprehensive VOCs control throughout the entire process, promote the upgrading of traditional industry clusters, and shift the focus from whether governance facilities exist to the quality of their performance. The third key word is "strengthening supervision." We will accelerate the application of digital tools, improve the closed-loop management system for governance effectiveness, strengthen mid-term and post-event supervision, strictly adhere to the bottom line of "genuine ultra-low emissions and genuine emissions reduction," crack down on fraud, and ensure that all facilities are implemented effectively.