Beijing Olympics impact: Tianjin to cut vehicle traffic in half to curb pollution

February 24, 2008 by SwizStick  
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Tianjin, a major port and the gateway to Beijing, is working to clean the air for this summer’s Olympics in neighboring Beijing.

The city’s Daily News said Tianjin plans to adopt an even, odd vehicle number plate system that will allow only half of all cars to be on the streets on the same day and will also ban construction work on sites close to Olympic venues.
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Major polluting industries such as the Beijing Chemical Corp, Beijing Dongfang Petrochemical Corp and the Huadian Coal Fire Electricity Co have been ordered to shut down operations by the end of June, the Beijing News said.

The closures come after the city shut down 40 polluting factories last year, it said.

“The tasks of bringing environmental pollution and traffic congestion under control remain arduous,” Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong said in a speech to the city’s legislature in January.

The communist government has no qualms about forcing factories to close, has done so in the past, and will do so in the future. If you source any product in and around the Tianjin area, like my company does, you’d be wise to reach out to your agents, suppliers, and logistics providers to assess the impact that the governments actions may have on your supply chain. I know I am.

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