The Article 11 of Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China provides that: “The Administrative departments responsible for environmental protection of the State Council, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government will issue environmental state bulletins regularly.” The Article 27 of Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulation provides that “The Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau will issue environmental state bulletins annually.” Shanghai Environmental Bulletin 2010 is hereby issued. The Article 11 of Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China provides that: “The Administrative departments responsible for environmental protection of the State Council, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government will issue environmental state bulletins regularly.” The Article 27 of Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulation provides that “The Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau will issue environmental state bulletins annually.” Shanghai Environmental Bulletin 2010 is hereby issued. CONTENTS

An Overview 1

State of Environmental Quality 2 Quality of Water Environment 2 Ambient Air Quality 6 Quality of Sonic Environment 9 SHANGHAI Quality of Radiation Environment 10 ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN Work of Environmental Protection for the World Expo 12 Organizational Arrangements and Main Methods 12 2010 Practice and Results 13 A Low-Carbon World Expo 16

Substantial Progress in Work 19 The Fourth Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection 19 Reduction of Pollutant Discharge 21 Cooperation of Environmental Protection in Yangtze River Delta 23 Conservation of Water Source Areas 25 Management of Solid Waste 26 Dynamic Renewal of the Results Gained in the General Survey of Pollution Sources 26

Measures for Environmental Safety 27 Input in Environmental Protection 27 Environmental Planning 27 Environmental Legal System and Law Enforcement 28 Administration of Environmental Impact Assessment 30 Environmental Monitoring 30 Environmental Science, Technology and Criteria 32 Building Models of Environmental Protection 32 Proposals Handling 33 Complaints Hearing 34 Involvement of the Public 35 International Cooperation 36

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An Overview

Heavy tasks were scheduled in 2010: inspecting environmental security for the World Expo, making a final dash towards the fulfillment of pollutants discharge reduction targeted by the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, drawing up a new plan of environmental protection for the period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and tackling the thorny problems remaining in the fourth round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection. Under the leadership of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC and the Shanghai Municipal Government, the whole society has corporately exerted efforts to enforce environmental protection. Taking hosting the World Expo as the core assignment, aiming at “Regulating Organizational Structure and Promoting Transformation”, and carrying out the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection focusing on reducing pollutant discharge, the work of environmental protection in Shanghai has achieved remarkable results.

- Environmental security for the World Expo was fully successful; - All the goals of environmental protection mapped out by the Eleventh Five-Year Plan have been accomplished as scheduled; - Tasks of reducing pollutants discharge have been overfulfilled ahead of time; - The fourth round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection was progressing smoothly; - Eco-environmental quality in the entire range of the city was further improved: rate of excellent/good ambient air quality reached 92.1%, having been over 90% for two years in succession; the overall quality of water environment, especially the water quality of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek, has turned for the better; the quality of sonic environment remained in a stable condition; and the quality of radiation in surroundings kept in normality.

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State of Environmental Quality The Suzhou Creek

According to the functional divisions of water environment and corresponding standards for water quality Quality of Water Environment control in Shanghai, the water quality in the section of the Suzhou Creek at Baihe should be controlled at Level 4; that in the five sections at Huasngdu and Huacao and below Beixinjing Bridge, Wuninglu Bridge The general quality of water environment in Shanghai in 2010 took a favorable turn. Water quality of the and Zhejianglu Bridge, at Level 5. Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek has become better than in 2009; the overall water quality at the mouth of the Yangtze River was slightly worse than in 2009. Compared with what concluded in 2009, the composite indexes of water pollution in 2010 in the sections of the Suzhou Creek at Baihe and Huacao were 1.0% and 1.4% higher; and those at Huacao and below The Huangpu River Beixinjing Bridge, Wuninglu Bridge and Zhejianglu Bridge have fallen correspondingly by 10.4%, 10.0%, 12.7% and 13.7%. Thus, the water quality of the Suzhou Creek has somewhat improved. According to the functional divisions of water environment and corresponding standards for water quality control in Shanghai, the water quality in the two sections of the Huangpu River at Dianfeng and below The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that on the whole, the water quality of the Songpu Bridge should be controlled at Level 2; that in the section at Linjiang, at Level 3; and that in the three Suzhou Creek has been getting better. sections, which are beside Nanshi Water Plant, below Yangpu Bridge and at Wusongkou, at Level 4.

1.50 Compared with what concluded in 2009, the composite indexes of water pollution (see details of 2006 2007 computation in Appendix 2) in 2010 in the sections at Linjiang and beside Nanshi Water Plant were 1.1% and 2008 2.0% higher; those at Dianfeng, below Songpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge, and at Wusongkou were 13.5%, 1.00 2009 4.2% 1.9% and 2.1% lower. Generally, the water quality of the Huangpu River has become better. 2010

The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that on the whole, the water quality of the 0.50 Huangpu River basically remained stable from 2006 through 2008, but it turned for better in 2009.

The level of chemical oxygen demand at the section of the Huangpu River below Yangpu Bridge, a major 0.00 monitored section for water quality control where the Huangpu River flows exiting the City, has dropped by Bai He Huang Du Hua Cao Beixingjin Wuning Lu Zhejiang Lu 24.1%, from 18.32 mg/l in 2005 to 13.91 mg/l in 2010. Bridge Bridge Bridge Chart 2 The composite indexes of water pollution in 2.00 the Suzhou Creek from 2006 to 2010 2006 2007 1.50 2008 2009 The mouth of the Yangtze River 2010 1.00 According to the functional divisions of water environment and corresponding standards for water quality control in Shanghai, the water quality at the mouth of the Yangtze River should be controlled at Level 2. 0.50 Compared with what concluded in 2009, the composite indexes of water pollution in 2010 in the sections by 0.00 the mouth of the Yangtze River at Liuhe, Wusongkou, Bailonggang and Chaoyang Farm have arisen Dian Feng Songpu Bridge Lin River Southern Yangpu Bridge Wusong Kou Water Plant correspondingly by 9.1%, 1.1%, 6.5% and 9.1%; that in the section at Xuliujing was 3.0% lower; while that Chart 1 The composite indexes of water pollution in the at Zhuyuan remained the same. It could be seen that the water quality at the mouth of the Yangtze River has Huangpu River from 2006 to 2010 turned a little worse.

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But the data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that on the whole, the water quality at The indexes of water pollution at the monitored sections in the suburbs were between 0.43 and 3.32 while the mouth of the Yangtze River has still taken a favorable turn. the average one was 1.62 being better than in 2009. Overall, water quality in waterways in the suburbs was better than that in central urban area. At the section of the Suzhou Creek at Chaoyang Farm, a monitored section assigned in a Responsibility Contract for the Goal of Total Pollution Discharge Reduction signed by the State Council and the Shanghai In 2010, the composite indexes of water pollution in 15 districts/county were between 0.45 and 3.75, of Municipal Government, the index of potassium permanganate, chemical oxygen demand and the average which that in Putuo District was the highest and that in Chongming County, the lowest. Compared with concentrations of ammonia-nitrogen monitored in 2010 were 2.45 mg/l, 6.06 mg/l and 0.42 mg/l, having those in 2009, the overall water quality in the districts/county of Pudong, Qingpu, Hongkou, Changning, correspondingly dropped 10.2%, 13.0% and 27.4% and all meeting the standards of functional division. Baoshan, Jinshan and Chongming has improved, while that in the other seven districts remained unchanged.

Among the 15 districts/county, water quality at all the monitored sections in Fengxian and Chongming has 1.50 2006 met the requirement of the functional area of water environment; that in a part of sections in Pudong, Jinshan, 2007 Ynagpu, Baoshan, Jiading and Songjiang did the same; and that in all the monitored sections in the other six 2008 districts failed to do so. In 2010, two more qualified sections appeared in Pudong; one more, in Baoshan and 1.00 2009 2010 Jiading; one reduced in Yangpu; and the number of qualified sections in the other 11 districts/county has not changed.

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0.00 Xuliujin Liuhe Wusong Kou Zhuyuan Bailonggang Zhaoyang Farm

Chart 3 The composite indexes of water pollution at the mouth of the Yangtze River from 2006 to 2010

Sections Where Water Environment Quality Monitored

In 2010, water environment quality was monitored at 58 sections in 41 waterways in the fifteen districts/county of Xuhui, Changning, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Minhang, Pudong, Jiading, Jinshan, Songjiang, Fengxian, Qingpu and Chongming. The composite indexes of water pollution (selecting dissolved oxygen, index of potassium permanganate, bio-chemical oxygen demand in five days, ammonia-nitrogen and total phosphorus as main pollutants and computed according to the quality standards of water at Level 3) were between 0.43 and 4.18, while the average composite index of water pollution was 2.03, indicating that on the whole, water quality remained almost the same as in 2009.

The indexes of water pollution at the monitored sections in central urban area were between 1.05 and 4.18 while the average one was 2.32 being basically the same as in 2009;

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Mg/m3 Ambient Air Quality 0.110

PM10 2nd In 2010 the ambient air quality in Shanghai was turning for the better. It was excellent or good on 336 days, Standard level two days more than in 2009, and the annual rate of excellent/good ambient air quality reached 92.1%, 0.6 0.100 percentage points higher than in 2009. On 107 days, 96.4% of the total days of a year, the main pollutant was inhalable particles; on 9 days, 2.5% of the total days of a year, nitrogen dioxide; on three days, 0.8% of the 0.090 total days of a year, sulphur dioxide; on one day, 0.3% of the total days of a year, the main pollutants were both inhalable particles and NO2. 0.080 The data monitored in the recent five years (2006—2010) showed that in general the percentage of days on which the ambient air quality in Shanghai was excellent or good has kept higher than 90% for two years in 0.070 succession demonstrating a tendency to further improve. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Chart 5 Change of the density of inhalable particle in good-air quality rate 100.0 Shanghai from 2006 to 2010

Sulphur Dioxide 91.5 92.1 89.9 89.6 90.0 88.8 The annual average daily density of sulphur dioxide monitored in 2010 was 0.029 mg/m3, meeting the State Second-class Standard of ambient air quality and being 0.006 mg/m3 lower than that in 2009.

80.0 The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that keeping falling, the annual average daily density of sulphur dioxide in Shanghai has met the State Second-class Standard of ambient air quality, and was 52.5% lower than that in 2005.

70.0 Mg/m3 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 0.080 SO2 2nd Chart 4 Change of the rate of excellent/good ambient air quality in Standard level Shanghai from 2006 to 2010 0.060

Inhalable Particles

0.040 The annual average daily density of inhalable particles monitored in 2010 in Shanghai was 0.079 mg/m3, 0.002 mg/ m3lower than in 2009 and meeting the State Second-class Standard of ambient air quality.

0.020 The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that keeping falling, the annual average 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 daily density of inhalable particles in Shanghai has met the State Second-class Standard of ambient air quality, and was 10.2% lower than that in 2005. Chart 6 Variation of Annual Average Daily Density of SO2 in Shanghai from 2006 to 2010

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Nitrogen Dioxide 6.00 100.0 pH Value of Precipitation frequency of The annual average daily density of nitrogen dioxide monitored in 2010 was 0.050 mg/m3, meeting the State 80.0 acid rain 4.50 Second-class Standard of ambient air quality and being 0.003 mg/m3 lower than that in 2009. 60.0 The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that keeping on falling, the annual average 3.00 daily density of nitrogen dioxide in Shanghai has met the State Second-class Standard of ambient air quality, 40.0 and was 18.0% lower than that in 2005. 1.50 20.0 frequency of pH Value of acid rain (%) Precipitation Mg/m3 0.00 0.0 0.070 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 NO2 2nd Standard level Chart 8 Variation of Average pH Value of Rainfall and Occurrence 0.060 Frequency of Acid Rain in Shanghai from 2006 to 2010

0.050 Quality of Sonic Environment

In 2010, the intensity of regional ambient noise in Shanghai kept meeting the standard required for different 0.040 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 functional areas, but that of road traffic noise failed to do so at night.

Chart 7 Variation of Annual Average Daily Density of NO2 in Shanghai from 2006 to 2010 Regional Ambient Noise

In 2010, the average equivalent sound intensity of regional ambient noise in Acid Rain and Dust Fall Shanghai at daytime was 55.8 dB (A), 0.9 dB (A) higher than that in 2009; at night The average pH value of rainfall in 2010 was 4.66; the occurrence rate of acid rain was 73.9%, 1.0 it was 48.3 dB (A), 0.5 dB (A) higher percentage points lower than that in 2009. than that in 2009.

The average regional dust fall in 2010 was 7.0 ton/km2 per month, 0.4 ton / km2 per month lower than that The data monitored in the past five years in 2009; the average dust fall on roads was 12.7 tons / km2 per month, 8.7 ton / km2 per month lower than (2006—2010) showed that on the whole, that in 2009. the intensity of regional noise in Shanghai was around 55 dB (A) and has The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that from 2006 to 2008 the pollution caused met the standard required for different by acid rain had a tendency to occur more frequently, but since 2009 the occurrence frequency has decreased. functional areas, remaining stable.

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Noise Magnitude Monitored at Grid-distributed Spots in Shanghai in 2010

Noise Magnitude dB（A） ＞70 65～70 60～65 55～60 50～55 ≤50

Number of Monitoring Spots 1 2 21 127 76 22

Road Traffic Noise

In 2010, the average equivalent sound intensity of road traffic noise in Shanghai at daytime was 69.8 dB (A), remaining the same as in 2009; at night it was 64.3 dB (A), 0.1 dB (A) lower than that in 2009. The average traffic flow on main roads and communication arteries at daytime and night were respectively 1,744 vehicles per hour and 899 vehicles per hour, and compared with those in 2009, 98 vehicles fewer per hour at daytime and 49 vehicles fewer per hour at night.

The data monitored in the past five years (2006—2010) showed that from 2006 to 2008 road traffic noise in Shanghai has never met the standard required for different functional areas; but since 2009 road traffic noise at daytime has successfully met it and become lighter. Electromagnetic Radiation

In respect of surrounding electromagnetic radiation, monitored at Shanghai Zoo, Gongqing Forest Park, Longhua Martyrs’ Cemetery, Century Park, Lujiazui Central Park, People’s Park, Fengxian Guhua Garden Quality of Radiation Environment and Jiading Confucian Temple, data of industrial-frequency electric field intensity varied from 0.100V/m to 0.319V/m; data of industrial-frequency magnetic induction intensity, from 0.033μT to 0.149μT; composite On the whole, the quality of radiation environment in Shanghai was good in 2010. electric field intensity, from 0.15V/m to 1.00V/m. Compared with the data monitored in previous years, environmental background values of electromagnetic radiation in Shanghai have had no marked change. Ionization Radiation In regard to sources of electromagnetic radiation pollution, results monitored at Oriental Pearl TV Tower and In view of ambient natural radiation conditions, monitored data of absorbing rate of γ ray in air and other five television/radio transmitting towers; in Nanqiao 500kV Transformer Substation and other three accumulated radiation amount of γ ray, and sample analysis of aerosol, precipitate in rainfall, vapor, surface ones; along Qiaohang 500kV Power Transmission Line and other three high-tension lines; and at the earth water, groundwater, seawater and soil have shown that the concentration of radioactive nuclein in air, water station, the radar station at Pudong International Airport, the mobile communication substations, the maglev bodies and soil in Shanghai was at a normal level; the absorbing rate of γ ray in air monitored in different train and electric railway have shown that the industrial-frequency electric field intensity, the places in the city remained the same as those monitored in previous years. industrial-frequency magnetic induction intensity and composite electric field intensity surrounding the main electromagnetic-radiation-generating facilities were all below the limits defined in “Technical Criteria for In the field of applications of nuclear technology and radiological technology, environmental monitoring in Evaluation of Electromagnetic Radiation Environmental Influence of 500kV Super High-Tension Power the facilities for utilizing associated radioactive minerals and the department of nuclear medicine in Transmission and Transformer Engineering” (HJ/T24-1998), and have all met the relevant requirements hospitals, as well as in the sites where accelerator, sealed radioactive sources and radiological equipment stipulated in “Regulations for Protection against Electromagnetic Radiation” (GB8702-88). were used, has shown that the annual accumulated radiation amount of γ ray complied with the limit defined in “Basic Standard of Safety in Protection against Ionization Radiation and Radiation Sources” (GB 18871-2002).

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Work of Environmental Protection for the World Expo Mutually-Promoting Platforms and Mechanisms for Implementation of the Work of Environmental Protection

In 2010, according to the unified planning of the Municipal Committee of CPC and the Municipal The Committee of Coordinating and Advancing Environmental Protection and Construction continued to Government, Shanghai environmental-protection system has organized and carried out a series of projects of function for fulfilling the priority tasks such as carrying out the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental environmental protection. Due to the effective completion of these projects in 2010, environmental quality Protection and reducing pollutants discharge, while the diverse and heavy tasks of comprehensively in Shanghai was the best since 2000, environmental security was ensured, and the conception of low-carbon renovating urban environment were dealt with by the Leading Group/Headquarters of the 600-Day Action for environmental protection has taken root in the hearts of the people. Environmental protection has been Plan for Welcoming SWE. Regional prevention and control of pollution was implemented relying on the greatly enhanced to help host a “successful, splendid and unforgettable” World Expo and interpret its theme: cooperative scheme in Yangtze River Delta. “Better city, better life”. Concrete Tasks and Plans of Implementation Were Made Clear for Priority Work

Organizational Arrangements and Main Methods To ensure environmental quality during the period of SWE and lay the foundation for sustainable development of the city, the working method of “Giving priority to keeping normal state and long-term Organizational Structure Which Matched the Safeguarding Work of the World Expo in effects, and putting emphasis on enforcement and commitment” was adopted; and five concrete tasks and the Entire City plans of implementation were determined as follows:

According to the master planning of the Municipal Committee of CPC and the Municipal Government, a - Improving the eco-environment in the entire city; leading group was formed in Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (hereafter SEPB) in the stage of - Furthering environmental renovation for a better appearance of the city; preliminary preparation for the Shanghai World Expo (hereafter SWE); and another leading group was - Ensuring good ambient air quality; formed for ensuring that SWE was in running order in terms of environmental protection in the stage of - Enforcement of environmental law; preparation for commencing operation. Subordinated to the latter were five working sections respectively - Advocating the idea of “Low-carbon and Green World Expo”. for Security, Environment, Expo garden, Publicity/Public Opinion and Reception, and one office for ensuring that all the work was progressing in order. Also, there was another group of environmental consultation consisting of experts from home and abroad and providing with technical support for Practice and Results environmental issues during SWE. Constantly Carrying out the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection and Continued Reduction of Pollutants Discharge Have Laid a Solid Foundation for a Good Environment

After four rounds of implementation of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection, a good eco-environment has been successfully produced for SWE:

- Discharge of main pollutants kept reducing and the total reduction has met the goal defined in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan one year ahead of schedule. - As the construction of environmental infrastructure was greatly promoted, the treatment rate of urban sewage has reached 81.9% in 2010; the rate of environmentally-friendly disposal of consumer waste, 85%; desulphurization of combustion has been adopted in all power plants; disposal of dangerous waste and medical waste was concentrated and processed safely.

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- Structural adjustment in the enterprises where pollution was produced has been quickened. Comprehensive teams have been formed to prepare for environmental emergency. Measures for safety inspections, checkup environmental renovation has been undertaken in old industrial areas such as Taopu, Wusong and Wujing. and rectification at risk sources one by one, and monitoring throughout the entire procedure were taken to - Comprehensive environmental renovation has achieved marked results: an area of 682 km2 as strengthen controls of radiation, water sources, dangerous waste, medical waste and chemicals in order to “Basically-Zero Coal-Burning Zone” and an area of 728 km2 as “Flying-Dust-Controlled Zone” were set up. ensure zero-occurrence of critical environmental accident during SWE: - Controls of pollution caused by motor vehicles were enforced in an all round way; National Class-4 Standards for automotive emissions were adopted and quality standards for fuel oil products were upgraded - Have made on-the-site inspection on radiation control more than 8,500 site-times; ahead of schedule. - Law enforcement personnel have been sent to action almost 9,400 person-times; - Have checked risk-source businesses 3,744 site-times; - A joint rehearsal for environmental safety of the Expo had been conducted by Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Carrying out Comprehensive Environmental Renovation with a Consistent Objective of Shanghai environmental watchdogs; Creating a Good Environmental Appearance for the City - Various environmental emergencies had been safely handled, with staff-on-guard 24 hours a day at both municipal and district environmental levels. Putting emphasis on the environmental issues such as boiler smoke and dust, flying dust, automotive noise and black tail gas, straw burning and black stinky watercourses, the departments of environmental Omni-Dimensionally Monitoring the Environment in Expo Garden and Doing the Rounds protection, construction, traffic administration, public security, hydrologic affairs, townscape and greening, of Expo Garden to Ensure Environmental Quality and Safety and agriculture either at city or district level, cooperated both longitudinally and horizontally and worked together to promote environmental renovation and strengthen management and controls during the period of - In the stage of preparations for SWE, meeting environmental demands and SWE. As results, rate of excellent/good ambient air quality has reached 98.4%; the monitored intensities of adopting effective measures were the prerequisite for controlling catering oil sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and PM10 have set the best record; and environmental appearance was fume, oil-blurred sewage, solid waste, electromagnetic radiation, etc. markedly improved. - While SWE was in operation, in order to find problems and urge their solution, joint teams have been sent to do regular rounds and carry out spot checks over 40 Strengthening Joint Prevention and Controls in the Yangtze River Delta to Ensure Good times. Ambient Air Quality - An automatic monitoring station and vans for mobile monitoring of multi-key-factor environmental quality were built and provided for real-time Guided by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, taking the monitoring and release of environmental information. Yangtze River Delta as a platform for cooperation, and focusing attention on controlling air quality for SWE, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai have worked out a series of Promoting Exchange, Responding to the Public Opinion and Producing Harmonious and measures for joint prevention and controls of major pollution Friendly Atmosphere sources such as elevated highways, automotive emission and straw burning. Sharing monitored information about regional air - Promoting exchange and cooperation in the field of environmental protection, publicizing the quality, the two provinces and Shanghai have successfully environmentally-friendly idea of “Low-Carbon World Expo”, and serving the Forum on Environment Theme realized the early warning and forecast of regional air quality as well. well as joint action against emergency. - Building a mechanism for responding to public opinion of environmental protection and promoting guidance and A Prevention and Emergency System against Environmental Risks has been Perfected publicity to ensure that public opinion was correctly oriented for Maintaining Urban Environmental Safety during SWE. - Widely calling workers and staff into action and volunteer service for orderly traffic, unobstructed rail transit, and safe To strengthen the prevention and emergency system for environmental safety, a variety of risk control plans, entry to and exit from the expo garden. prepared counter plans against emergencies and working schemes have been drawn up; professional

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A Low-Carbon World Expo Display area of the best urban practice has been established to show the most representative and Measures for Realizing Low Carbon Emission in Preparations for, Construction and successful cases which were of considerable value Operation of SWE for urban development and life in the future. Naturally, they have become the hot spots for All measures for low carbon emission have been well carried out in the stages of preparations, construction and visits, study, exchange and reference.. operation of SWE.

- One fifth of floor area in the expo garden was made available through protecting and using old buildings; Implementation of the Project of “Compensation for Carbon Emission” - Coverage rate of greening areas in the expo garden was above 50%; - Over 80% of the pavilions had roof greening, vertical greening or internal greening; Combining the construction of SWE with remolding the old areas, most pollution-causing enterprises were shut - In the expo garden , solar-energy photovoltaic power-generating capacity has hit 4.68 billion watts, down and eliminated, while some of them were relocated and technically upgraded. zero-emission of pollution has come true in the public transport facilities, LED technology has been used in over 80% of illuminating sources for night scenes, rate of clean-energy utilization has exceeded 50%; - Demolition of old and shabby residential quarters and shut-down of old wharves have helped greatly reduce - Within the expo garden, over 60% of the roads were surfaced with new materials made of debris from carbon traces in the expo garden and its vicinity; demolition and slag, most of the temporary buildings were built using easy-to-assemble-or-dismantle parts - As the mileage of rail transportation has rapidly extended from 270 km at the end of 2007 to 420 km in 2010, made of environmentally-friendly construction materials, 100% of construction wastes were retrieved and a low-carbon network of transit infrastructure was built in downtown; more than 50% of them were recycled as resources. - A number of large public greens including Chenshan Botanical Garden have been completed to further - All sewage produced in the expo garden was collected and treated; 100% of rainfall and sewage was recycled; optimize the overall layout of greening; water from the drinking fountains located widely in the expo garden has 100% met drinking water standards. - To carry out the Project of Ensuring Air Quality for SWE, a large batch of industrial boilers were upgraded for saving energy and reducing carbon emission; - The Project of Green Lighting, one for saving energy and reducing pollutant discharge, was undertaken; A Centralized Display of Low-Carbon Technology, Products and Practice - A number of major projects of clean and recycling energy were implemented.

As an important platform for gathering, displaying and exchanging the results achieved in low-carbon Activities such as “Action of Reducing Pollutants Discharge for SWE on a Voluntary Basis”, development, participant from home and abroad in SWE were enthusiastic in interpreting the conception of “Carbon-Dioxide-Absorbing Forest” and “Green Transport” were launched in the whole society. A kind of low-carbon from different angles of view by means of pavilion design and construction, service and low-carbon transport card which contained a one-ton quota of carbon emission reduction was issued. A management, exhibition and presentation, exchange and research seminars, and various interesting platform for “voluntary transactions of quotas of carbon emission reduction for SWE” was established in performances. To actively explore ways of low-carbon development and to orient future urban development, Shanghai Exchange of Environment and Energy to encourage business companies to donate or purchase carbon many types of technology for environmental protection and energy saving were introduced in SWE such as: emission quotas; to promote energy saving and pollutants discharge reduction; and to introduce the - Advanced technologies and practice of green traffic, green energy source, green building, green engineering technologies for recycling energy and its application and relevant products. and green office work; - Photovoltaic power generator using solar energy; - Thermal pump using river water or terrestrial heat as new energy source; - Technology for storing cold in ice; - LED illumination; - Automobiles using new energy; - Permeative road surface and ecological slope protection; - Recycling of rainfall and straw; - Monitoring system of energy source in buildings, etc

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Spreading and Practicing the Low-Carbon Idea of Environmental Protection Substantial Progress in Work With SWE as an opportunity, the low-carbon green idea of environmental protection has been widely spread.

- The “Overall Plan of a Low-Carbon World Expo” was compiled to guide people from all sections of society The Fourth Round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection to avoid or reduce carbon discharge during SWE; - “Shanghai Manifesto” was issued to advocate an eco-civilization in which man and nature get along with each By the end of 2010, the second year of the fourth round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental other in harmony; Protection, 48 ones of the 125 scheduled projects of construction have been completed so that the completed - A theme forum on “Environmental Changes and Urban Responsibilities” was held to discuss the issues of ones plus those under construction amounted to 81.6% of the total; 54 projects of management of the 135 global environment; scheduled ones have been accomplished and the percentage of initiated projects reached 99%. - “Low-carbon Line” linking all the low-carbon demonstration spots in the expo garden was initiated for people who were keen about environmental protection; - Special activities and performances such as “Cross the Yangtze River Delta to Visit SWE by Green Special Projects of Water Environmental Renovation and Protection Transport”, “Be proud of resting on an environmentally-friendly stool for a low-carbon World Expo”, “We are the world”, “Creative travel of young people all over the world” and “Low-carbon Gala” were organized to - Project of original water in-taking at Qingcaosha water source was basically completed. Water in-taking make all the participants experience the charms of low-carbon lifestyle. has been switched from old intakes by stages. Both the first phase of the construction of Yuanjiang Waterworks and the first phase of the project of further treatment engineering at Xiaokunshan Waterworks in At the same time, a publicity and education of “Low-carbon World Expo” Songjiang have been completed for ensuring the safety of drinking water. was carried out in all walks of life and an activity of “A million city residents - The remolding project of West Main Pipeline, the upgrading projects of Zhuyuan Sewage Treatment Plant learn the knowledge of environmental protection” was organized to enhance and Zhoupu Sewage Water Purification Plant, and the project of sludge disposal at Bailonggang Sewage Treatment Plant were all completed and having a trial run. people’s awareness of environmental protection. The - The project of comprehensive renovation of water environment establishment of “Green Neighborhood” and “Green in Taihu Lake drainage area was fully started, while included in School”, where green production, green lifestyle and green which the second phase of enlargement at Liantang Sewage consummation were popularized, has advanced the Treatment Plant and the construction of Shangta Sewage construction of urban eco-civilization. Treatment Plant have been completed.

The Effects of the Demonstration of “Low-Carbon World Expo” Special Projects of Air Environmental Renovation The low-carbon idea for environmental protection is included in the planning of urban development of the and Protection Twelfth Five-Year Plan and will be put into practice step by step. The application of low-carbon technologies in SWE will be spread and transformed to drive the development of the new industry of low-carbon - The work of desulphurization and denitrification has been environmental protection. Specific examples could be seen in: promoted in coal-burning facilities. Some small-scale thermal power generating units have been shut down. - The Application and Demonstration Base of Eco-Island Construction, Ecological Protection and Recycling - All the taxis in Shanghai have met the National Class-3 Energy in Chongming; Standards for car emission so that the pollution caused by motor vehicles has been brought under control. - The Demonstration Base of Low-Carbon - As the apparatus of hydrocarbon retrieval and treatment has been Manufacturing Industry in Lingang Industrial upgraded at 70% of the petrol stations in the city, the project of Park; hydrocarbon retrieval in oil tanks and tank trucks was basically - The Demonstration Base of Low-Carbon completed. Service Industry in Hongqiao Business Area.

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Special Projects of Solid Waste Recycle/Disposal and Noise Pollution Controls Special Projects of Ecological Protection and Construction

- The construction of Laogang Center for Energy Recycle was initiated. - All projects of eco-construction in the expo garden - The project of medical waste disposal was completed and put into operation. have been completed; - The project of noise controls at sensitive spots along elevated highways and river-crossing tunnels was - Eco-environmental construction in Chongming was fulfilled as scheduled. progressing in order: the afforestation project of 1,500-mu ecological forest was finished and the project Special Projects of Prevention and Controls of Industrial Pollution of building national ecological county has passed municipal examination and appraisal - The project of pollution reduction and control at sources was completed in Wujing Industrial Park. - Landscape engineering and afforestation were - Marked progresses have been made in the comprehensive environmental renovation in Jinshanwei undertaken as scheduled; Chenshan Botanical Garden, Petrol-Chemical Industry Area: relocation of residents was finished; construction of urban infrastructure, Nanyuan Riverside Green in Luwan, the second phase planting of shelter belt, controls of industrial pollution and adjustment of industrial structure were all of construction of Paotaiwan Park in Baoshan were all advancing smoothly. set up and open to the public. - As a mechanism of city-district joint action was set up to ensure municipal funds for initiating related projects, breakthrough has been achieved in the comprehensive environmental renovation in Nanda Area in Baoshan. Special Projects of Policy/Mechanism Research Two projects of policy research have been accomplished. Great attention was paid to the continuity and Special Projects of Circular Economy and Clean Production execution of policies that had come into force. - Plans of eight pilot projects of circular economy have been successfully worked out. - The demonstration park of eco-industry in Jinqiao Export and Process Area has been built and has passed Reducing Pollutants Discharge national acceptance appraisal. - The demonstration line of plaster desulphurization through a pretreatment using surplus thermal energy In 2010, the dashing-towards-the-tape year of the Eleventh Five-Year was constructed. Plan, the authorities of environmental protection, development and - The accumulated quantity of recycled asphalt has exceeded the total target amount scheduled by the fourth reform, statistics, economy and information, hydro affairs, and electric round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection. power in Shanghai have joined to reduce pollutants discharge and to save - Examination and verification of clean production have been carried out in 361 enterprises. energy. To strengthen supervision over the subordinate departments at the level of district/county and all the related units in implementation of Special Projects of Environmental Protection in Agriculture and in the Countryside these tasks and to urge active follow-up, two coordinating groups were formed for monitoring and controlling sulphur dioxide (SO2) and - The project of Chongming Harm-Free Disposal Station for Livestock and Poultry Died of Diseases and its chemical oxygen demand (COD). auxiliary sub-projects have been initiated. - Having banned straw burning during SWE and adjusted the proportion of crops in summer harvesting, Intensifying Reduction of Pollutants Discharge in Engineering by Means of Structural planting and field management, the annual goals of generalizing the use of marketable organic fertilizer, Adjustment special formula fertilizer, green manure, new pesticide appliance and new products of pesticide were all met; - The capacity of sewage treatment (water quality meets or surpasses Class-2 Standards after treatment) has the popularization has exceeded the general target scheduled by the fourth got an increase of 5,130,000 m3 per day. round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection. - A policy of “Start the large-scale projects and hold back the small ones” was adopted in power industry. - Six one-thousand-mu demonstration bases for controlling agricultural Thermal power generating units that have a total generating capacity of 14,124,000 kw have been equipped pollution from surface sources functioned well and effectively. with apparatus for desulphurization. A batch of small thermal power generating units that had a total - The project of comprehensive remold was carried out in 114 villages. generating capacity of 1,784,000 kw were shut down as scheduled.

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Systematical Undertakings Accomplished Cooperation in Environmental Protection in the Yangtze River Delta

- Detailed regulations for the assessment of total reduced quantity of main pollutants discharge during the Based on the “Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection in the Yangtze River Delta period of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan were issued and distributed to related governmental organs in all (2009-2010)” and aiming at ensuring ambient air quality during SWE, SEPB took the lead and invited the districts/county and to the units that born the responsibility. A system for assessing duty-performance in participation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang colleagues in exploring and practicing a scheme for joint prevention reducing pollutants discharge has been established. and controls of regional air pollution to lay a solid foundation for further cooperation in future environmental - All sewage treatment plants, as well as the power plants where facilities for desulphurization were installed, protection in the Yangtze River Delta. were required to be equipped with online monitoring apparatus networked with SEPB and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Making Concerted Effort to Carry out Scientific Research and Draw up Measures for Joint Prevention and Control Intensifying and Standardizing the Operational Management of Facilities for Reducing Pollutants Discharge Regarding the requirements of ambient air quality during SWE as one of the safety goals, the environmental authorities of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Managerial requirements for the operation of facilities of rectifying and controlling pollution were Zhejiang jointly worked out the “Measures of Joint Prevention and Control promulgated to intensify the supervision over the standardized management in enterprises and to ensure that of Pollution for Ambient Air Quality in the Yangtze River Delta during the all facilities of desulphurization and sewage treatment work stably and effectively. 2010 Shanghai World Expo” focusing on joint monitoring, renovation and emergency chain reaction. The area around the expo garden with a radius Policy Concerning Reward and Punishment Implemented of 300 km was delimited as the key range, within which departmental coordination and strict measures were jointly implemented to prevent and The reward policy for over-reducing COD and the discharge of SO2 has been perfected and implemented. control pollutants discharge. From 2008 through 2010, 98 unit/times of sewage treatment plans and 28 unit/times of desulphurized coal-burning power plants have been rewarded for this reason; the sum of rewards amounted to RMB380 million yuan and the accumulated quantity of over-reduction of COD and the discharge of SO2 was Controlling Major Pollution Sources and Carrying out Comprehensive Environmental respectively about 50 thousand tons and 3.5 thousand tons, which were equivalent to the effects of a new Renovation sewage treatment plant of a one-million-ton-per-day treating capacity plus two new desulphurized power Placing priority on controlling pollutants discharge on elevated highways and striving to fulfill the goal of plants of a one-million-kw installed power generating capacity. pollutants discharge reduction scheduled by the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, Shanghai and the other two provinces have made great effort to accelerate the project of desulphurization in coal-burning power plants. Paying Close Attention to the Disposal of Spin-Off Generated in Reduction of Pollutants Discharge Before the opening of SWE, comprehensive environmental renovation has been jointly carried out in the industries of iron and steel, chemical, construction materials and shipbuilding in the Yangtze River Delta; all - The construction of the demonstration line for recycling desulphurized plaster was being quickened. coal-burning boilers, stoves and kilns,; as well as the facilities for rectification of oil fume in catering - “Implementation Plan of Comprehensive Recycle and Safe Disposal of Desulphurized Plaster in Shanghai” industry, were thoroughly checked. has come into force. - According to the requirement of “Reducing, Stabilizing and Resource-becoming”, 10 projects of sludge disposal have been progressing continuously. Sharing Information through Unblocked Channels to Intensify the Controls of the Pollution Caused by Motor Vehicles Checked and ratified by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in 2010 Shanghai environmental authorities have been checking up on automotive black tail gas at main entrances of reduction of COD in Shanghai amounted to 219,800 tons, 9.71% lower than highways leading to the city and the special parking lots round the expo garden. Relying on a chain-reaction the 243,400 tons in 2009 and 27.71% lower than the 304,000 tons in 2005, mechanism in the Yangtze River Delta, information about black-tail-gas-emitting motor vehicles from all meeting the goal provided by the Eleventh Five-Year Plan; while emission over the country was regularly reported to the environmental departments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang after reduction of SO2, 358,100 tons, 5.51% lower than the 379,000 tons in 2009 being classified and handled on the spot. Positive cooperation, as well as active coordination with local and 30.20% lower than the 513,000 tons in 2005, also meeting the goal traffic police, was always returned by the two provinces together with prompt feedback of information. defined in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.

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Banning Straw Burning with Innovative Measures Conservation of Water Source Areas

Combining mediation with prohibition, adopting a reward-punishment method and handling in accordance with market operation, the agricultural and environmental departments of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang energetically worked to ban straw burning under the guidance of local government and in the light of local conditions. As an innovative means, accurate daily satellite remote sensing data provided by the Ministry of Environmental Protection helped greatly ensure the effectiveness of the work. In 2010 the number of on-fire spots in the region of the Yangtze River Delta was markedly fewer than in 2009.

Setting up a Regional Platform for Consultation to Carry out Joint Monitoring and Forecast

According to the “Plan of Joint Monitoring of Air Quality in the Yangtze River Delta Region during the World Expo”, 53 automatic air quality monitoring stations in Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Lianyungang, Nantong, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing and Zhoushan have joined in an automatic ambient air quality monitoring network to form a group of technical consultation on forecast of regional air quality and its trends within 48 hours. When the construction of Qingcaosha Water Source was completed in 2010, the pattern of water intake in Contingency Plan Was Drawn up for Severe Pollution and Regional Emergency Measures Shanghai has changed from the old one “From the Huangpu River only” into a new one, “From both the against Pollutants Discharge Were Initiated Huangpu River and the Yangtze River”. Since Qingcaosha Water Source was put into use on 1 December 2010, high-quality water has been supplied in the eight districts of Pudong, Yangpu, Hongkou, Huangpu, Shanghai has worked with Jiangsu and Zhejiang to draw up a contingency plan for early warning of severe Luwan, Jing’an, Zhabei and Putuo, benefiting about six million people. The scope of supply will be enlarged pollution and emergency measures. In case severe pollution occurs, the former will be immediately initiated in 2011 and the Project of Qingcaosha will not be accomplished until the Nanhui Branch Pipelines are and the latter, be taken to reduce pollutants discharge. completely linked up in 2012 to supply water in 12 districts and a county and benefit more than ten million people.

“The Shanghai Regulations for Protection of Drinking Water Sources” was put into effect on 1 March 2010. The document has four important features:

- All-round coverage of water source protection; - Risk-control for safety; - At-the-source prevention and control of pollution; - Eco-compensation for development. So it is obvious that water-source-protection has extended from the Huangpu River to all the water sources in the city and has been much more intensified.

Conservation range was delimited in 2010 for the four major water sources: the upper reaches of the Huangpu River, Qingcaosha, Chenhang, and Dongfengxisha in Chongming, where warning marks have been erected and the eco-compensation mechanism for drinking water sources has been improved. The number of districts/county where eco-compensation was made for water sources has increased from seven in 2009 to nine in 2010 and the amount of money for compensation has also risen sharply.

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Disposal of Solid Waste Measures for Environmental Safety

In order to ensure the environmental safety during SWE, the comprehensive recycle and harm-free disposal of dangerous waste in Shanghai was enhanced to form a fairly perfect network and an optimized layout. Illegal Input for Environmental Protection discard and move of dangerous waste was effectively curbed. The annual input for environmental protection in Shanghai amounted to RMB50.754 billion yuan, about 3.01% of local GDP in the same year. Among the 50 units licensed to manage dangerous waste, 49 ones are approved by the environmental departments at both municipal and district levels, while the other one is sanctioned by the Ministry of Amount of Each Expenditure Item and Its Percentage in Total Input for Environmental Protection Environmental Protection. The annual capacity of disposal has reached 450.6 thousand tons. Classified Expenditure Item Amount (RMB) Percentage according to the licenses, two units are allowed to collect dangerous waste, while the other 48 ones are Construction of Urban Environmental permitted to operate comprehensive disposal of dangerous waste. By the end of 2010, 29.473 billion yuan 58.07% Infrastructure

- 4,873 enterprises in Shanghai have filed on record for disposal of dangerous waste; Renovation at Pollution Sources 10.596 billion yuan 20.88% - Accumulated annual quantity of dangerous waste (not including medical waste) moved for disposal within the Ecological Construction 1.252 billion yuan 2.47% city was 286.0 thousand tons; Construction of Environmental Capacity 488 million yuan 0.96% - Accumulated annual quantity of dangerous waste for disposal in other provinces was 61.7 thousand tons; Operation of Facilities for Environmental - The annual produce of medical waste was 19.6 thousand tons, of which the rate of harm-free disposal reached 6.272 billion yuan Protection 12.36% 100%. Input for Circular Economy 2.673 billion yuan 5.26% In 2010 eight enterprises in Shanghai were temporarily permitted to dismantle, recycle and dispose electric refuse; of which three ones were officially-designated to dismantle home appliances recycled in the way of Environmental Planning “Trade in the Old for the New” and of the 4.1 million traded items of old TV sets, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and computers, 4.05 million ones have been dismantled. Instructed by the Municipal Committee of CPC and the Municipal Government, SEPB finished the compilation of “The Plan of Environmental Protection and To ensure the capacity of dangerous waste disposal and environmental safety during SWE, a Shanghai- Ecological Construction in Shanghai during the Period of the Twelfth Five-Year Jiangsu-Zhejiang joint mechanism for chain reactions was established and a contingency plan was worked out Plan (Edition for Soliciting Comments)” in 2010. The core task defined in this to intensify the supervision over the units dealing with dangerous waste disposal by means of refining necessary document is “Adjusting the structure and facilitating transformation” and rules and regulations, enforcing monitoring and strictly enforcing penalties. “Building a resource-saving and environmentally-friendly city”.

Dynamic Repetition of General Investigation on Pollution Sources Guiding Ideas and Principles Oriented by Eco-Civilization and “Six Swings”

Dynamic repetition of general investigation on pollution sources was initiated Guided by the scientific outlook on development and oriented by construction of eco-civilization, the Plan in 2010. Internal investigations were made at 3,645 major sources from where complies with the central undertaking of “Driven by Innovation and Develop via Transformation” and the discharge of pollutants reached above 85% of the total quantity in the city. concentrates upon reducing pollutants discharge and fulfilling the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Among the 3,645 pollution sources, there were 3,071 industrial ones, 474 Protection. Stress is placed on reducing total quantity, improving quality, taking precautions against risks and agricultural ones and 100 facilities for centralized pollution disposal. optimizing development. It is declared in the Plan that the whole society is to be mobilized to continuously strengthen the from-start-to-finish prevention and control of pollution, to promote “Green Growth” and The results achieved in dynamic repetition of general investigation on pollution “Low-carbon Development” and to quicken the pace of building a resource-saving and sources have been widely applied in the important research projects of environmentally-friendly city. “Six Swings” emphasized in the Plan are: environmental protection in Shanghai scheduled for the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. - Swing from end-controls to source-controls and optimizing development;

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- Swing from individual and routine controls to complete and coordinated Environmental Law Enforcement controls; Demanded by an inter-ministry joint meeting summoned by the State Council, SEPB has worked with the Municipal - Swing from placing emphasis on construction of infrastructure only to laying Development and Reform Commission and other eleven government departments concerned to promulgate the equal stress on administration and construction for long-term effects; “Executive Plan for Continuing to Implement the Special Projects of Rectifying the Illegal-Pollutant-Discharging - Swing from giving priority to central urban area to regarding urban and rural Enterprises and Safeguarding Public Health in Shanghai in 2010”, in which, the tasks of ensuring the environmental area as a whole and making chain reaction in related areas; quality during SWE, specialized controls of the pollution caused by heavy metals, and consolidating the positive - Swing from resorting mainly to administrative measures to resorting comprehensively to economic, results achieved in reducing pollutant discharge through post-law-enforcement supervision. technical, legal and indispensable administrative measures; - Law enforcement officials have been sent out more than 38,600 person/times; - Swing from one-sided governmental demand to corporate participation of the whole society. - Enterprises and institutions have been inspected over 31,300 household/times; - About 33,200 motor vehicles were checked up; Reducing the Total Pollutants Discharge, Improving Quality, Taking Precautions against - 10,100 cases of complaints lodged via letters or visits have been handled. Risks and Optimizing Development A batch of enterprises which had violated environmental law were ordered to halt production or shut down or - Based on fulfillment of the four state-stipulated binding targets (COD, ammonia-nitrogen, SO2 and NOX), relocate, while those that could not keep meeting the environmental targets were instructed to improve by the two targets with local characteristic for controlling total phosphorus and total VOCS have been added to the prescribed time limit. A number of cruxes and hot problems about which the masses complained strongly and Plan; a triple system of monitoring, statistics and evaluation is to be perfected to attain the advanced level in reported repeatedly were solved. Thus, undertaking of reducing the discharge of main pollutants was carried China. out smoothly and environmental quality and safety during SWE were guaranteed. - While keeping and further bettering the environmental quality in central urban area, alleviating the The other projects of environmental law enforcement included: problems of environmental pollution in key areas, and gradually improving environmental appearance in the suburbs and the countryside, main norms of environmental quality in the city have been raised and the - Checkups on superfluous production capacity and redundant construction; - Return visits to the companies which had been inspected after being listed; deteriorating trends of composite pollution began to be curbed. - Checkups on hidden danger of environmental pollution at the chemical and petrol-chemical enterprises along - Taking precautions against risks, all possible efforts are made to ensure the safety of drinking water, to rivers; upgrade the capacity and standard of sewage treatment and solid waste disposal, and to improve the systems - Checkups on the implementation of the “Law for Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution of the for risk-source controls, radiation and dangerous waste monitoring and emergencies of pollution. People’s Republic of China” and the “Rules for Enforcement of the ‘Law for Prevention and Control of - Reducing occurrence of pollution and controlling its scale are to be promoted; industrial concentration and Environmental Pollution’ in Shanghai”. adjustment in the suburbs, accelerated; and industrial structure and layout, gradually optimized. In 2010, 1,129 cases of administrative penalties were handled by the authorities of environmental protection in Shanghai inflicting fines of RMB35.826 million yuan. Environmental Legal System and Law Enforcement Evaluation of Environmental Performance in Key Enterprises Environmental Legislation Complying with the unified schedule made by the two provinces and one municipality in the Yangtze River Delta, “Announcement by Shanghai Municipal Government on Intensifying the Management of Burning and the authorities of environmental protection in Shanghai has evaluated the environmental performance in 2009 in Recycling Straw” and “Announcement by Shanghai Municipal Government on Enforcing the Safety key enterprises where monitoring was state-controlled. It was made public that among the 134 monitored Management of Dangerous Articles Such as Explosives, Toxics and Radioactive Substance” were issued. enterprises, 15 ones were entitled “Green Business” while 2 ones were named “Black Business”.

According to the schedule of the Office of Legal System of the Municipal Government, “Regulations for The results of the evaluation were kept by the authorities of environmental protection as an important basis for the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution in Shanghai” was put on 2010 governmental agenda as a project system of honesty in environmental administration and protection. A mechanism for dynamically updating the of investigation for legislation. Before its completion and in association with the Municipal Bureau of Public information about environmental performance in enterprises will be researched and established to promote Security, the Municipal Executive Bureau of Urban Management and the Municipal Bureau of Residence environmental administration and standardize environmental performance in business. Security and Housing Management, SEPB issued the “Notice about Intensifying the Controls of Public Noise” in August 2010, in which, responsibilities taken by the authorities of environmental protection, public According to the “Law for Promoting Clean Production in the People’s Republic of China” and the “Regulations for security, and residence security/housing management were clarified; key points of law enforcement in near Environmental Protection in Shanghai”, two lists of enterprises which had violated the environmental law were made future were expounded too. public on the website of “Shanghai Environment” on June 5, the World Environment Day, and by the end of 2010.

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Administration of Environmental Impact Assessment - Experimental eco-undertaking based on synecologic monitoring; - Monitoring the algal bloom caused by blue-green algae in Dianshanhu Lake. In 2010, SEPB was energetically engaged in administration of environmental impact assessment including All the automatic monitoring stations of ambient air quality have been operating normally to make daily report, conducting a series of evaluations of regional environment in large residential areas; examining detailed forecast and district-assorted daily report accurately and in time. On-site controls were done unremittingly to regional planning, which was restricted to comply with environmental protection, and putting forth guarantee air quality then and there. professional proposals; and completing examination and approval of regional environmental evaluation in large residential areas such as Pujiang Residential Quarter and Zhoukanghang Residential Quarter. - Variations of the concentration of ozone and carbon monoxide were closely monitored to be reported and forecasted daily; Environmental protection audit was run for approval of the following plans: - Method for monitoring VOCs, pollutants leading to photochemical smog, was researched; - Pilot work of haze monitoring was initiated. - Planning of Laogang Base for Comprehensively Recycle of Solid Waste; - Program of Development, Utilization and Protection of Tidal Land in As a result of the “Project of Building an Early Warning System for Monitoring Ambient Air Quality and Air Shanghai during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan; Pollution during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo”, a world-class advanced system for monitoring ambient air - Overall Planning of Nanqiao New City (2010-2020); quality in the expo garden was established to develop a model of air quality forecast, to raise the capacity and - Layout of Wharves for Environmental Sanitation along the Huangpu River; level of early warning, and to reveal the characteristics of environmental quality, especially air quality, in the - Overall Planning of Sheshan National Holiday Resort. expo garden. Both source control and in-course supervision for construction projects have been intensified. Specialized According to the “Project of Optimizing and Adjusting the Location of Sonic Environmental Quality checkup and renovation were made in part of industries with superfluous production capacity or dealing with Monitoring Spots in Shanghai”, monitoring work was carried out. chemicals and dangerous articles. Rectification and reform within a set time have been made in the industry of engineering and construction after thoroughly investigating on violation of environmental law and Supervision over Management, assessment, comparison and spot-checks were exercised in the online regulations. monitoring system of waste-gas-and-waste-water pollution sources and meanwhile, platforms for online supervision in all districts/county were built and linked with the municipal one and those in enterprises. Mid-term and final-period management of construction projects was strengthened. Special personnel were assigned to communicate with departments of monitoring and supervision. Administrative penalty in the Annually, monitored data of environmental factors such as surface water, air, noise, bio-environment and form of “trial operation suspended” has been inflicted on quite a few projects. radioactive surroundings amounted to 4.365 million pieces, of which, 4.1176 million ones were automatically monitored; 134 thousand ones came from routine water quality monitoring; 17.6 thousand ones were of As the rule that “Project should be approved and the total number of projects should be verified” was ambient air quality; and 95.8 thousand ones were related to noise, bio-environment and radioactivity. effectively followed, totally 15,264 documents of environmental evaluation have been examined and approved by the authorities of environmental protection at municipal and district levels, of which, 484 ones Supervision and monitoring were exercised in 14 state-controlled enterprises generating pollution-causing were reports on environmental evaluation, 7,001 ones were environmental evaluation forms and 7,779 ones industrial effluents, 37 businesses where mild pollution was caused by waste water discharge, 44 sewage were register forms. treatment plants, 20 state-controlled enterprises where waste gas was monitored with priority, and 69 businesses where mild pollution was caused by waste gas. 25,400 pieces of data were obtained at major pollution sources, Environmental Monitoring of which, 19,200 ones were monitored in waste water and 6,200 ones were of waste gas from industrial stoves or kilns. Aiming at continuous improvement of water quality in all watercourses and focusing on the evaluation of water environment in all districts/county and the effects of water environment renovation in key waterways, a series of environmental monitoring was conducted: - Routinely monitoring the quality of surface water environment; - Water quality monitoring integrated in national monitoring networks in coastal waters, the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake; - Monitoring ecological restoration in the Suzhou Creek and monitoring eutrophication in Dianshanhu Lake and Dishuihu Lake;

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Environmental Science, Technology and Criteria - 16 quarters of an area of 2.52 million square meters with about 55,000 residents were certified as “Peaceful Residential Quarter” at the city-level in 2010. Thus, in Shanghai there have been totally 120 peaceful residential quarters of 11.92 million m3 populated by more than 300 thousand people; In 2010, apart from drawing up plan of environmental protection for the period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, - Shanghai Xinzhuang Industrial Park was officially named “National Demonstration Park of Ecological ensuring good environmental quality for SWE, controlling the total quantity of pollutants, and working as Industry” by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science scheduled by the fourth round of the Three-Year Action Plan of Environmental Protection, a number of research and Technology in August 2010; projects of environmental science and criteria were carried out: - The construction of Shanghai Jinqiao Export Processing Area has passed the acceptance inspection for

“National Demonstration Park of Ecological Industry” in November 2010; - Research on environmental protection during the period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan; - The planning of Zhangjiang High-tech Park, Shanghai Chemical Industry Area, Caohejing New-tech - Research on the status quo of and risk-control at the drinking-water sources in Shanghai; Development Area and Minhang Economic and Technical Development Area has passed the state examination - Research on the chain-reaction mechanism for controlling ambient air quality in the Yangtze River delta; and appraisal in 2010; constructions in these areas were sanctioned to initiate. - Research on evaluation of environmental protection after SWE; - Research on reduction of the total quantity of VOC in key chemical enterprises during the period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan and the demonstration concerned; - Analysis of low-carbon economy in Shanghai (carbon traces and carbon flows) and research on strategies Proposals Handling concerned. Both written proposals from the deputies of the Municipal People’s Congress (MPC) and motions from the “Project of Collection, Demonstration and Application of Major Technologies for Controlling Pollution Caused Municipal Committee members of CPPCC, which totally amounted to 55, have been received by SEPB in by Farm Chemicals” and “Project of Delimitation of Drinking-Water Sources in Shanghai and Research on 2010. Of the 24 written proposals, 8 ones were solely handled by the Bureau, while another 2 ones were jointly Related Technologies”, two research projects led by Shanghai Institute of Environmental Sciences, have dealt with, and the rest 14 ones, settled in association with other organizations concerned. Of the 31 motions, respectively won the Municipal Third Award for Scientific and Technological Progress and the Municipal First 9 ones were solely adopted by SEPB, while another 5 ones were jointly accepted, and the rest 17 ones, handled Award for Consultation Achievement in Policy-Making. in association with other organizations concerned. There were 21 cases of on-site oral enquiries presented by MPC deputies and CPPCC members. Replies were made then and there in 15 cases and in the rest 6 cases, Approved by the Municipal Government, SEPB and the Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical handling afterwards was promised. All written proposals and motions have been handled in time with a Supervision jointly promulgated a local document “Criteria for Pollutants Discharge in Bio-Pharmaceutical satisfaction rate of 100%. Industry” (DB31/373-2010) last year and since July 7, 2010 it has been implemented. The issues concerning environmental protection that MPC deputies and CPPCC members were concerned Clean production in 111 businesses was certified in three batches about were: in 2010 by SEPB and the Municipal Economy and Information Commission. 255 local key enterprises were included in a list of - Undertaking low-carbon urban construction and living a low-carbon major enterprises where clean production has been practiced and urban life; certified since 2005 and which was made and issued by the - Policy on restriction of high-pollution vehicles and rectification of Ministry of Environmental Protection. automotive effluent; - Eco-construction in building new rural areas: evaluation of transforming Chongming into a modern eco-island and evaluation of the eco-environment in Qingcaosha reservoir in the Yangtze River; Models Building in Environmental Protection - Promoting environmental renovation in drinking-water source; - Establishment of model urban area of environmental protection in Qingpu District has passed the appraisal - Intensifying controls of noise in neighborhoods and residential quarters; and was certified by the Ministry of Environmental Protection; - Strengthening prevention and control of pollution in Dachang, Baoshan and enforcing rectification of fetid - Heqing Town in Pudong New Area and other seven towns were named “National Environmentally-Beautiful odor diffused by an American-funded bio-chemical disposal plant in Pudong; Town” by the Ministry of Environmental Protection; - Intensifying recycle and disposal of waste and old materials; comprehensive management and application of - Guoyuan Village in Xinchang Township in Pudong New Area and other 12 villages were named “Eco-village industrial solid waste; in Shanghai” by SEPB; - Revising the “Regulations for Management of Livestock Breeding and Poultry Farming in Shanghai”.

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Complaints Hearing Involvement of the Public

SEPB and the Municipal Service and Guide Center for Building a Learning-Oriented Society initiated the In 2010, 16,511 cases of complaint were dealt with in the environmental protection system in Shanghai, of Project of “Letting Millions of Local Residents Learn about Environmental Protection” in June 2009. Since them, then, 18 community colleges, over 200 neighborhood schools and several thousand teaching units have offered classroom instruction and online program to local inhabitants. Quizzes and debates on - 1,678 letters/12,600 person-times, 16.1% fewer than in 2009, were received, of which, 95.8% were replied environmental issues, as well as the activity of “Make Suggestion on Environmental Protection” and to and dealt with; environmental investigations, have been organized. About 1.25 million people have been trained. The - 626 visits/1,428 person-times, 21.5% fewer than in 2009, were received and 97.9% of which brought about Project was well received and in return it has attracted an enthusiastic involvement of the public. satisfactory result; - 11,898 phone calls, 45.9% fewer than in 2009, were answered, of which, 98.9% were handled; Focusing on the China theme of “Low-Carbon and Pollutant-Discharge Reduction -- Green Lifestyle” and - 2,309 emails, 15.0% fewer than in 2009, were received, of which, 99.0% were attended to with solution. centering on “Green Expo” and environmental protection in Shanghai”, a publicity drive in the forms of song-and-dance performance, fashion show, situational magic performance and short play was launched on What the complaints covered can be classified into the following categories: 5 June 2010, the “World Environment Day”. Quarters where “Green Go-out” was practiced by residents and the award winners in a solicitation of essays on the subject “Green and Low-carbon World Expo” and in a - Air pollution: 6,444 cases, 39.03% of the total cases; competition entitled “Good News Report from the China Environmental Protection Century Tour 2009” - Noise pollution: 5,234 cases, 31.7% of the total; were commended. There were also various separate publicities in all 18 districts/county.

- Pollution of oil fume: 1,980 cases, 11.99% of the total; - Solicitation of essays on the subject “Green and Low-carbon World Expo” was organized by SEPB and - Water pollution: 1,776 cases, 10.76% of the total; Wenhui Daily; - Electromagnetic radiation: 193 cases, 1.17% of the total; - The idea of “Green Go-out” was jointly popularized by Shanghai World Expo Bureau and the U.S. - Newly-completed projects: 163 cases, 0.99% of the total; Environmental Protection Association; - Pollution of solid waste: 151 cases, 0.91% of the total; - The activity of “Green Go-out in 100+ Quarters” was conducted in 124 residential quarters located in all 18 - Pollution caused by farming pesticide and chemical fertilizer: 6 cases, 0.04% of the total; districts/county; - Pollution caused by poultry farming and livestock breeding: 144 cases, 0.87% of the total; - As a part of the “2010 China Environmental Protection Century Tour”, news-interviews were concentrated - Dangerous chemicals: 25 cases, 0.15% of the total; on the prevention and control of air pollution carried out in Shanghai Coking Plant and Wujing Chemical - Radioactive contamination: 8 cases, 0.05% of the total; Plant and on the eco-environmental construction in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Area; - Environmental monitoring: 7 cases, 0.04% of the total; - While selecting “Bayer Young Environmental Envoys”, the “Action of One-thousand - Government conduct and tendencies in the profession: 29 cases, 0.18% of the total; Environmentally-friendly Young Envoys” was initiated. The International Program of Ecology was offered - Others: 351 cases, 2.13% of the total. to students in ten primary/middle schools and kindergartens. The activities such as “Green World Expo and Publicity of Environmental Protection”, “Green School and Energy-saving/Carbon Emission Reduction”, “Inviting Essays on Future Energy from Middle/Primary Students All over the Country” and “Competition 131 environmental emergency accidents have been of Designing a Nationwide Action Plan of Energy-saving and Carbon Emission Reduction”; safely handled, such as explosion in Yuesheng Waste Disposal Plant on February 21, oil pot fire in Government information release has been highlighted in official websites of Shanghai Environment and Sinopec Corporation Gaoqiao Subsidiary Shanghai Environmental Hotlines with high clicking rate. Company on May 9, sulfurous smog accident in Jieshen Company, Fengxian district on August 4, paraffin wax burning in Sancha Gang Warehousing and Transportation Company in Gaoqiao on September 16 and sulfide leakage in Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Corp on November 23.

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International Cooperation

- SEPB has accomplished the three-year “Project of Proposing Motions to Make Shanghai Environmentally-Friendly”; - The title of “UN Model Project of Being Environmentally-Friendly” was conferred upon 11 demonstration projects; - After five years’ efforts, the demonstration project of AirNow-I was completed in May 2010 and since then it has been serving SWE and all city inhabitants; - Two groups of trainees were sent by SEPB in 2010 to attend the Senior Training Course of Low-Carbon Economy offered by the University of Venice, Italy; - In September 2010 about 80 people from the departments of environmental protection, scientific research institutes, universities and businesses in Shanghai attended the Sino-Italian Training Program of Strategic Environmental Evaluation; - During the “Green Future Week” run by the Environment Ministry of Italy, the “Completion Ceremony of the Sino-Italian Training Program of Strategic Environmental Evaluation and Forum on Sustainable Urban Development” was jointly held in the Italy Pavilion in SWE by SEPB and Venice International University on 18 September 2010; - “Project of Monitoring Traffic Air Pollution in Shanghai” and “Project of Technology for Controlling the Pollution Caused by Diesel Motorcars”, two sub-projects included in the Program of China-Italy Cooperation in Environmental Protection, were kept in implementation; - “Agreement on Cooperation in Feasibility Research of Technical Transformation of Diesel Automobile Emission between Shanghai and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency” was signed up; - “Project of Promoting the Exchange in Education of Environmental Protection between Shanghai and Kitakyushu, Japan” and “Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Exchange and Cooperation between SEPB and the State University of Portland USA” were signed in Shanghai;

SEPB hosted a round-table meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development in 2010. During SWE, SEPB hosted the “Theme Forum on Environmental Changes and City’s Responsibilities” and assisted more than twenty foreign countries and international organizations to hold over 50 seminars and exchange meetings on environmental protection at corresponding pavilions in the expo garden, in which more than 570 person-times of experts and officials were invited to participate and over 10 persons have made speech.

In 2010 foreign delegations received by SEPB has amounted to 418 person-times from more than 20 countries, among them, there were many government VIPs such as the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and the Minister of Infrastructure of Israel, the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection of Poland, the Mayor of Hamburg Germany, former American Vice President Gore and the Director of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. SEPB has also received the delegations from foreign cities or regions such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Pomorskie Voivodeship of Poland, Région Rhône-Alpes of France, and Kitakyushu and Kanagawa of Japan.

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