Local governments should give priority to including low-VOCs-content products in government procurement catalogs and take the lead in promoting their use in various municipal engineering projects." The Yangtze River Delta region and the Fenwei Plain successively released the "Comprehensive Action Plan for Autumn and Winter Air Pollution Control" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") in November.
"Local governments should give priority to including low-VOCs-content products in government procurement catalogs and take the lead in promoting their use in various municipal engineering projects." This is what the reporter from the Government Procurement Information News learned from the comprehensive autumn and winter air pollution control plans for the Yangtze River Delta region and the Fenwei Plain.
Following the release of the "Comprehensive Action Plan for Autumn and Winter Air Pollution Control in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas" in mid-October, the Yangtze River Delta region and the Fenwei Plain also successively released their "Comprehensive Action Plan for Autumn and Winter Air Pollution Control" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") in November. The Plans were jointly issued by ten ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, as well as the people's governments of relevant provinces and municipalities.
In terms of overall requirements, the Plans specify that during the autumn and winter period in the Yangtze River Delta region, i.e., from October 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, the average PM2.5 concentration should decrease by 2% year-on-year, and the number of days with heavy or above pollution should decrease by 2% year-on-year; during the autumn and winter period in the Fenwei Plain, the average PM2.5 concentration should decrease by 3% year-on-year, and the number of days with heavy or above pollution should decrease by 3% year-on-year.
In terms of main tasks, the Plans advance work from the aspects of adjusting and optimizing the industrial structure, accelerating the adjustment of the energy structure, actively adjusting the transportation structure, optimizing and adjusting the land-use structure, effectively responding to heavy pollution weather, and strengthening basic capacity building. The reporter found that in the work of adjusting and optimizing the industrial structure, furniture was mentioned three times.
