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As the exploration of the industrial development and increased speed of the urban sprawl in Beijing, many severe environmental issues attribute mainly to the anthropocentric activities have been come out of the scene. One of them is the air pollution. Air pollution has been regarded as the most severe environment issue in China since it has already threatened to physical health, especially for the respiratory tract and lung. “In January 2013, Beijing experienced historical heavy air pollution. In this particular month, very few days were observed with blue sky.” (Lijian Han et.al., 2015) According to the analysis of the driving factors, “the population grew fast, and energy consumption and the number of vehicles increased rapidly” (Ju Zhang et.al., 2010), these factors add together can make the air quality worse than any one of them separately can. Firstly, it has been an undoubted truth that more and more people originally lived in rural has been moved to core urban of Beijing since there are more opportunities in there. Therefore, the huge explosion of urban population with more energy release and more CO2 exhalation is seen as an inevitably primary factor causing the bad air quality. What’s more, as the population

Air pollution serves as the biggest concern in the realm of environmental problems in China. Two thirds of Chinese cities’ air quality are below the standards established by the World Health Organization (“Special Report,” 2004). Consequently, three-eighths of the population breathe unhealthy air on a daily basis inhaling tiny particles into their lungs resulting in an average of 1.6 million deaths per year from asthma, lung cancer, stroke and heart disease (Levin, 2015). Industrial emissions contribute

According to the EPA pollution recommendations, when a city reaches an air quality index (AQI) of over 400, all people should avoid going outdoors. Beijing’s highest AQI is 895. This impacts the daily lives of Beijing citizens immensely. Air pollution has been related to increased cases of cancer, heart disease, stroke and other respiratory illnesses. It is also associated with asthma in children.

In 1978 when Deng came into official power China had greatly suffered economically. This was the result of the orthodox socialist and communist policies implemented largely during the Cultural Revolution. China’s economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s was very slow, almost stagnant (World Bank), this lead to the expected result of being left in the dust by many countries in Asia, such as Japan. Also in 1978 the population of China living in a rural situation was at least 76.3% (Reuters) of the total Chinese population, equivalent to around 743,463,800 people living in China. However when Deng took over and put his economic policies in place, which included, but were not limited to: opening China to foreign trade. His other economic policies eased the government control over economics and it resulted in a large boost of economic growth, this economic growth extended even past the time he resigned in the 1990s. For instance the GDP (Gross Domestic Product, a determiner of the quality of life) per capita in 1978 was 154.07 billion U.S dollars (World Bank), just 30 years later the Chinese GDP per capita in 2008 skyrocketed to 3,170 billion U.S dollars (World Bank). This increase from 154.07 billion U.S dollars to 3,170 billion U.S dollars represents an approximate whopping 20.57% increase in its GDP in only 30 years after Deng implemented his reforms and

Did you know that 33% of the Chinese inhabitants live in such polluted conditions comparable to smoking two packs of cigars per day? Did you know that in some parts of Asia the smog and pollution is so thick you can’t even see the stars during the night? The threat to our health has been immense due to the air pollution. It increases the risk for stroke, asthma, cancer, heart attacks and other diseases and conditions that are dangerous for all living beings.

In recent years, air pollution has become a growing problem in China (Zhang, Chao). According to the newly released scientific paper by Dan Levin, “Outdoor air pollution contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people in China every year, or about 4,400 people a day” (Levin, Dan). Essentially, air is a major part of our overall health. However, people (including ourselves), especially living in developed countries, suffer from the exposure of air pollution. This potentially puts our health at risk. It causes various negative effects to our body that in worst cases leads to death. Air pollution affects our health in multiple ways; as it varies from minimal to serious problems. The air pollutants have negative effects on our cardiovascular system, causing many fatalities as well as diseases to those specifically in China. People can protect themselves from the suffrage of cardiovascular diseases by being cautious with what they are surrounded by.

As a communist state becoming more international acknowledged as a state China had to make major changes as a government and it had to come externally. China “began to manifest an awareness of environmental problems in the early 1970’s” (Ross, 810). This was because China had gained a seat in the UN and was working with the U.S during this time. Right before the 1972 Stockholm conference China had created a domestic agency that worked with environmental issues so that they had a voice in the conference. This conference came to the existence of SEPA which had policies with emission permits that was modeled by economically advanced countries such as the U.S (Ross, 812). SEPA was a cost to the state and could restrain a growing economy which was not in China’s best interest. Right before the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development China and 41 other developing countries made a declaration. This declaration “acknowledged the need for international co-operation to promote environmental protection and sustainable development while demanding financial assistance” (Ross, 814). This was also mentioned by the top leaders of China that economic development would reject in any interference with domestic politics for environmental policy (Ross, 814). China eventually reached a deal with a 9 year plan which shows that China is not against environmental

China has the record for the fastest developing country in the history of the world, the country has a thriving economy with an annual growth of 8-9%. China also has a population of over a billion people. The demand for energy in China is constant, to meet this demand China consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined. In 2011 China burned 3.8 million tons of coal and, that number grows every year. The need for energy comes with a price, the burning of coal releases pollutants into the air, water, and soil. Pollution in China has affected millions of lives, caused political headache, and diseased the environment. China needs to change their ways before the country heads into a downward spiral.

For the past three decades, critics have immersed themselves in the discourse of China’s rapid economic growth and development. For a socialist regime, the emergence on China’s remarkable economic achievement has been one of the world’s most unprecedented success stories. Sai-leung Ng (2000) emphasized on China’s success, describing China as the country with the most rapid economic growth of the time. Paul Collier (2007) noted that individuals in the west were starting to get worried that China was converging to quickly with the western economy. To support Collier’s comment, Jean-Francois Huchet (2006) rated the Chinese economy among the top five leading economies in the world.

However this comes at the cost of being one of the biggest polluters in our world today but while this does affect us in a big way, it horribly affects the public health the Chinese people greatly. Most notably the atmosphere, In fact according to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, China is leading the world in Carbon dioxide emissions with over 9 million in metric tons of CO2 being released by china in the air in 2011 compared to the United States which had about a little over 5 million metric tons (UN). With that fact in mind one can only imagine how bad the air quality is in cities due to many manufacturing plants letting out many dangerous chemicals out into the air for the public to end up breathing up. According to an article of The New York Times, a paper done by a research organization named Berkeley Earth reported that about the three out of eight of the air the Chinese population breathes is rated unhealthy with the report also finding that the most deadly air particles cause an array of diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, heart related illnesses while also causing strokes. (Levin)

In April 14th 2011, Professor Hazel, the director of the Center for Global Policy at George Mason University, claimed, “China’s economy begins to shift to a significantly slower and more sustainable rate of economic growth.” This implicates that China has began to find a new patter to economic growth for longer and better development in the future, instead of focusing

China’s air pollution is one the biggest contributor to public health in China. There is a high level of toxic level in the air produced by coal plants and factories throughout China. The air pollution is so bad that a polluted fog of smoke has been formed around different cities all over China. According to the Greenpeace NGO, "Millions of people in China are breathing a hazardous cocktail of chemicals every day [and] these chemicals are caused by coal-fired power plants, factories, and vehicles, and are responsible for heart disease, stroke, respiratory illnesses, birth defects and cancer" (The Problems of Air, 2016). Constant exposure to the extreme air pollution in China is hazardous to the human body and can cause

In the past few years, the air pollution in Beijing becomes more and more serious. Frequent smog weather cause social disordered and serious harm to the health of residents. The number of respiratory diseases increased. Citizens live in a bad living condition. Because of the smog, we have to stop all outdoor works and activities. It also caused great economic losses. So we must do some thing to control the air pollution.

In recent years, air pollution has become a growing problem in China (Zhang, Chao). According to the newly released scientific paper by Dan Levin, outdoor air pollution contrib7utes to the deaths of 1.6 million people in China every year, and about 4,400 people a day (Levin, Dan). Essentially, air is a major part of our overall health. However, people (including ourselves), especially living in developed countries, suffer from the exposure of air pollution. This potentially puts our health at risk. It causes various negative effects to our body that in worst cases leads to death. Air pollution affects our health in multiple ways; as it varies from minimal to serious problems. The air pollutants have negative effects on our cardiovascular

The purpose of the paper is to recommend options to reduce air pollution in Beijing.