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chinese man becomes first to sue government over smog
by：Yovog
2023-10-17
BEIJING (Reuters)-
In a smog-filled northern city, a Chinese man became the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to control air pollution.
Newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Li Guixin, a resident of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, filed a complaint with the local court. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily said it required Shijiazhuang Environmental Protection Bureau to \"perform its duties of controlling air pollution according to law \".
He also sought compensation from the agency for choking pollution in Shijiazhuang and most parts of northern China this winter.
\"The reason I propose administrative compensation is for every citizen to see that in this haze we are real victims,\" the newspaper quoted Li as saying . \".
It is unclear whether the court will accept Li\'s lawsuit.
Wu Yufen, his lawyer, declined to comment, telling Reuters that the information was \"very sensitive \".
The court and Shijiazhuang Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau could not be reached for comment.
When the pollution was particularly serious in last December, Li said, he spent money on masks, air purifiers and treadmills to exercise indoors.
\"In addition to the threat to our health, we have suffered economic losses that should be borne by the government and the environmental sector because the government is the recipient of corporate tax,\" he said. \"This is a beneficiary. \".
In recent days, North China has suffered its worst air pollution crisis in months.
The authorities have issued numerous orders and policies and vowed to clean up the environment, but the problem seems to only get worse.
The government has invested in projects and authorized courts to impose severe penalties, but implementation at the local level is uneven and local authorities often rely on taxes paid by the polluting industry.
The National Meteorological Center has raised smog alerts in northern and central China and is expected to see severe smog in two days.
Beijing has been shrouded in foul smoke for more than a week, and to reduce pollution, as of Tuesday, 147 industrial companies in Beijing have cut or suspended production, Xinhua news agency reported.
Urban residents are getting angry and alarmed.
\"Of course, in the days when pollution levels reach or even exceed the scale we are very concerned about, we must see this as a crisis,\" Bernhard schwarzland of the World Health Organization (WHO)
The Chinese representative told Reuters.
\"There is now clear evidence that high levels of air pollution can actually also lead to air pollution in the long run. . .
\"Lung cancer,\" he said.
Hebei is a major industrial zone around Beijing and home to some of China\'s most polluted cities.
Shijiazhuang regularly recorded the \"beyond index\" measurement of particulate matter in early 2013.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the province as a major source of toxic smoke that was shrouded in Beijing a year ago.
In its Hebei action plan in September, the government said it would ban new projects in certain industries, shut down outdated steel and cement facilities and cut coal use.
The province has promised to cut its steel production capacity by 86 million tons by 2020, about 40% of its annual output.
This is starting to happen, according to official data.
In a smog-filled northern city, a Chinese man became the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to control air pollution.
Newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Li Guixin, a resident of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, filed a complaint with the local court. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily said it required Shijiazhuang Environmental Protection Bureau to \"perform its duties of controlling air pollution according to law \".
He also sought compensation from the agency for choking pollution in Shijiazhuang and most parts of northern China this winter.
\"The reason I propose administrative compensation is for every citizen to see that in this haze we are real victims,\" the newspaper quoted Li as saying . \".
It is unclear whether the court will accept Li\'s lawsuit.
Wu Yufen, his lawyer, declined to comment, telling Reuters that the information was \"very sensitive \".
The court and Shijiazhuang Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau could not be reached for comment.
When the pollution was particularly serious in last December, Li said, he spent money on masks, air purifiers and treadmills to exercise indoors.
\"In addition to the threat to our health, we have suffered economic losses that should be borne by the government and the environmental sector because the government is the recipient of corporate tax,\" he said. \"This is a beneficiary. \".
In recent days, North China has suffered its worst air pollution crisis in months.
The authorities have issued numerous orders and policies and vowed to clean up the environment, but the problem seems to only get worse.
The government has invested in projects and authorized courts to impose severe penalties, but implementation at the local level is uneven and local authorities often rely on taxes paid by the polluting industry.
The National Meteorological Center has raised smog alerts in northern and central China and is expected to see severe smog in two days.
Beijing has been shrouded in foul smoke for more than a week, and to reduce pollution, as of Tuesday, 147 industrial companies in Beijing have cut or suspended production, Xinhua news agency reported.
Urban residents are getting angry and alarmed.
\"Of course, in the days when pollution levels reach or even exceed the scale we are very concerned about, we must see this as a crisis,\" Bernhard schwarzland of the World Health Organization (WHO)
The Chinese representative told Reuters.
\"There is now clear evidence that high levels of air pollution can actually also lead to air pollution in the long run. . .
\"Lung cancer,\" he said.
Hebei is a major industrial zone around Beijing and home to some of China\'s most polluted cities.
Shijiazhuang regularly recorded the \"beyond index\" measurement of particulate matter in early 2013.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the province as a major source of toxic smoke that was shrouded in Beijing a year ago.
In its Hebei action plan in September, the government said it would ban new projects in certain industries, shut down outdated steel and cement facilities and cut coal use.
The province has promised to cut its steel production capacity by 86 million tons by 2020, about 40% of its annual output.
This is starting to happen, according to official data.
