März 2008

Folgende Kunden E-Mail erreichte mich heute auf Arbeit:

Dear Valued Suppliers,

Please review below Beijing air quality policy announcement from China, please advise whether your factories will be affected or not. If yes, please advise your arrangement and impact to our corresponding buyer immedialety. Any query, please voice out immediately.

China announced the shutdown of all polluting factories for 9 weeks within a 200 kilometer radius of Beijing to clear the smog for the Olympics and Paralympics.

• The shutdown begins July 17th until Sept. 20th. It covers Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Shandong provinces.
• The polluting factories will be categorized into four different levels, Green, Blue, Red, and Black; and controlled separately. (Different province may apply different policies that will be announced later)
• Chinese Government could expand the radius if the air quality does not improve sufficiently prior to the Olympics. Also there could be a shut down of material transportation, and even power plants to clear the air.
• Other concern is that there could be a bottleneck at the two main ports.

Und da soll sich nochmal jemand über die Umweltzone in Deutschland aufregen. Wobei sowas ähnliches macht doch gerade Verdi mit dem ÖPNV in Berlin.