Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 4) - As Beijing's noise pollution continue to grow day by day, especially within the crowded Second, Third and Fourth Rings Roads, the government is pushing hard to introduce effective legislation. Yesterday the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau issued a report last week proposing to begin research on how to combat increasingly alarming levels of noise pollution, including prohibiting the use of engines that don't meet reasonable sound standards.
Beijing has seen an increase on the whole of up to 1 to 2.3 decibels across the city. Wang Chunlin, head of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau's, said that as the city tends to grow and develop, increasing sound pollution becomes a more and more serious question that effects all parts of life. City residents have taken their own steps to reduce the effects, with some paying for installation of sound-insulating windows.
On the topic of restriction of certain engines, Mr. Wang said that cars which are flagged for breaking the sound limits may be prohibited from driving, a measure which he added "has no international precedent".
