What is the heavy pollution situation in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and its surrounding areas from February 26 to 28?

On February 24th, according to the news published on the website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, from 26th to 28th of this month, due to the adverse impact of diffusion conditions, serious pollution may occur in the central and southern areas of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and many cities such as Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang will be affected.

Specific circumstances:

Chen Jining, Minister of Environmental Protection, presided over a special meeting on the 23rd to analyze and judge the recent situation of air pollution prevention and control in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas, and make arrangements for the next stage of work.

According to the prediction of China National Environmental Monitoring Center in conjunction with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the surrounding provincial environmental monitoring centers, from February 26th to 28th, the diffusion conditions are unfavorable, and a serious pollution process may occur in the south-central part of the region, with the largest scope on the 27th, affecting cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Langfang, Baoding, Xingtai, Hengshui, Handan, Tangshan, Linfen, Shanxi, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Shandong, Anyang, Hebi and Xinxiang. After March 1, affected by cold air, the diffusion conditions gradually improved from north to south, and the pollution situation was alleviated.

Chen Jining stressed that it is necessary to release the forecast information of ambient air quality in a timely manner, issue early warning tips for heavy pollution to relevant local governments, and require all localities to start early warning at the corresponding level according to the actual situation, earnestly implement various emission reduction measures, and mitigate the impact of heavy pollution weather.

Specific measures:

Chen Jining said that the special inspection teams sent by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to various places should focus on checking the start of emergency plans and the implementation of measures in various places in the near future, and focus on checking the scientificity, authenticity and operability of emergency plans; At the same time, strengthen supervision and inspection of key pollution sources and seriously investigate and deal with excessive emissions. For outstanding problems such as unreasonable plans and non-implementation, it is necessary to increase the intensity of information disclosure, verify and expose them together. It is necessary to increase scientific and technological support, organize environmental protection researchers to go deep into the front line, help local governments establish a long-term follow-up research mechanism, and provide technical support for grassroots pollution control.