The government of China has to
face strong resistance of its public sector enterprises if it takes air
pollution control measures. According to the latest reports, owing to the abnormal
rise of smog pollution due to the recent wave of fog in the country the Chinese
government mulled stricter legislation to control the atmospheric pollution.
However, bosses of the several public sector enterprises started putting
pressure on their government not to take such steps.
Bosses of giants are main hurdle
Most of them wrongly defend their
role in environmental degradation and submit reports as if they are the
champions of the environment. China has no private sector and political bosses
have to rely on these public sectors giants to further their economic
development. Secondly government has to depend on these enterprises for all
industrial and consumer needs of the country. Besides, their production is also
a source of foreign exchange because their surplus goods and services are
exported to other countries. Chinese products despite having some low quality
are in huge demand because of their cheap prices.
Politics depends on economy
Secondly political leadership of
the country gets support from industrial sector to further its political
agenda. After the dismemberment of the USSR, China is the main communist
country that has not only retained its previous image but also emerged as the
second largest economy of the world after US. However, to retain its economic
development it has to make a huge compromise over environmental degradation. It
remained least bothered over the rising level of air pollution during the
previous decade. Its growing energy needs made it to rely on fossil fuel
burning for running its power plants.
7 most polluted cities are in China
It is a candid reality that out
of the ten most polluted cities of the world, seven are in China. It means
nearly seventy percent top polluted cities are in this country. In recent cold
weather the amount of the particulate matter –dust particle or soot – is 70
times more than the allowable limits in most of the big cities of China. Thousands
of coal-fired powered plants are the main source of air pollution in China. Most
surprisingly recently Beijing city government has planned to announce halt in
outdoor sports activities if the soot pollution crosses the level further.
However, it could not have happened because of a little relief in wave of cold.
China is a politically responsible country
China is known as a politically
responsible and peaceful country all across the world. Its robust economic
growth has rejected the worldwide opinion which says economies can grow
permanently under capitalism or free markets only. However, Chinese communist
leaders rejected this notion and managed its economy as number two in the world
under the economic system of communism. Secondly it also proved that progress can
be made in any system of the governance. In China there is one party rule that
is like a dictatorship where as entire world trumpets the benefits of democracy
for the progress and development.
Kids in China to suffer
However, in air pollution control
the government of China has failed to take any concrete steps. If it does so it
has to make a little compromise over its economic development. It has to switch
its most of the power production operations from coal to natural gas. It would
cost more to it and ultimately its cost of production would rise. Ultimately
its products and services would lose their price edge in global markets. It is
not ready to lose its share in world markets. Instead of this China is
compromising over the rising level of pollution but its coming generation would
have to pay its price.
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