2. What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
“Beijing's deteriorating air quality has created public anger and forced the authorities to be more open about the severity of the problem. Pressure for a lasting solution from central government continues to increase and a major announcement is expected this month.”
“The release of air pollution targets has provoked discussion about how to best clean up China’s dirty air. chinadialogue asked a number of leading experts from industry and academia for their opinions on the plans.”
3. What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported? The article recorded several experts’ opinions about the Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan. It is supported by listing the points these experts made.
本文讲述了对业界、学界的一些知名专家进行的关于《大气污染防治行动计划》的采访。由列举出不同专家的观点来论证的。 4. What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Steven Q Andrews: an environmental and legal consultant based in Beijing.
Wu Changhua: the Greater China Director of the Climate Group and an environment and development policy analyst.
Angel Hsu: a Post-doctoral Associate at Yale University and Director of the Environmental Performance Measurement Program at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.
安雪峰，环境及法律问题顾问，现居北京。
吴昌华，气候集团中国区总裁、环境与发展政策分析师。
徐安琪，耶鲁大学博士后研究助理，耶鲁环境法律与政策中心环境绩效评估项目负责人。
5. What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
Causation: Beijing's deteriorating air quality has created public anger and forced the authorities to be more open about the severity of the problem. The Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (2013-17) will be the second initiative to tackle pollution in the past two years and will be backed by 1,700 trillion yuan (US$277 billion) in total investments from the central government. This large amount of investment in controlling the air pollution has provoked different opinions of experts.
Responsibility: The plan’s major focus will be on PM2.5, setting stricter limits for major urban areas to achieve a 25% reduction from 2012 levels by 2017. This is a challenge for China since it has been through the extreme air pollution in 2013. Even cut 25 % will still mean levels well above the WHO recommended level of 10 μg/m3. Therefore, it’s a tough way to improve air quality in China.
6. How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report? The article points out that according to US Embassy data, PM2.5 in Beijing have been approximately 25% higher in the first six months of this year compared to last year. Why China can not record the data by the environmental department? This is a disparity between countries. 文章指出，美国使馆的数据显示，今年头六个月，北京的可入肺颗粒物浓度（PM2.5）要比去年高出约25%。中国环境部为何不提供检测数据？这是国家与国家之间的不同。
7. What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article? The implementation of tackling the air pollution policies in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region give China a way to find out the effectiveness of the plan. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has the highest concentration of R&D capability and capacity in China. If properly tapped, it could become the center of the solution to China's environmental challenges, in particular air pollution.
在京津冀地区实施治污政策有利于找出该计划的利弊，中国绝大部分的研发力量和能力都恰好集中在京津冀地区。如果能够很好地加以利用，这一地区将成为解决中国环境问题、特别是当前空气污染问题的技术中心
Citation: Chinadialogue, “Will Beijing's $277 billion air pollution plan work?” Chinadialogue, accessed Aug. 01 2013.
中外对话，1.7万亿元空气污染治理计划能否还北京一个晴空? https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6255-Will-Beijing-s-277-billion-air-pollution-plan-work-/en#comments 2013-08-01
2. What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
3. What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
The article recorded several experts’ opinions about the Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan. It is supported by listing the points these experts made.
本文讲述了对业界、学界的一些知名专家进行的关于《大气污染防治行动计划》的采访。由列举出不同专家的观点来论证的。
4. What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
5. What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
6. How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
The article points out that according to US Embassy data, PM2.5 in Beijing have been approximately 25% higher in the first six months of this year compared to last year. Why China can not record the data by the environmental department? This is a disparity between countries.
文章指出，美国使馆的数据显示，今年头六个月，北京的可入肺颗粒物浓度（PM2.5）要比去年高出约25%。中国环境部为何不提供检测数据？这是国家与国家之间的不同。
7. What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
The implementation of tackling the air pollution policies in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region give China a way to find out the effectiveness of the plan. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has the highest concentration of R&D capability and capacity in China. If properly tapped, it could become the center of the solution to China's environmental challenges, in particular air pollution.
在京津冀地区实施治污政策有利于找出该计划的利弊，中国绝大部分的研发力量和能力都恰好集中在京津冀地区。如果能够很好地加以利用，这一地区将成为解决中国环境问题、特别是当前空气污染问题的技术中心