Sakurai, who accompanied Tang Ning to the United States, saw Tang Ning's complicated expression and asked curiously: "Tony, you have seen the news, why is your expression so weird." ”

Tangning shook the Times in his hand and said: "You see, now even Chinese are criticizing and complaining about the poor air quality in the United States in the newspapers, oh, what I am reading now is the Chinese commentary published in the People's Daily!" ”

Sakurai said disapprovingly: "I thought it was, it turned out to be air pollution, which industrialized country in the world has not experienced pollution problems, how did London come to be known as the fog capital?" The Rhine River in Paris was once polluted and was jokingly called "people caught in the river were poisoned before they drowned", but now everyone has been governed, and now the Rhine River can be fished, although Paris locals dare not eat the fish in the river"

Then as if he remembered something, he said to Downing: "By the way, Tony, don't talk about it far away, just say that we Japan, aren't we also from pollution, you should feel this aspect the most clearly." ”

In this regard, Tang Ning is indeed very clear that because Japan rose from the ruins after World War II, in the case of fully starting the construction of heavy industry technology, it had to face serious environmental pollution, and pollution incidents emerged one after another.

Especially since 1955, Japan has entered a period of unprecedented rapid economic growth, and with the growth of the economy, the consumption of energy is also increasing, and serious air pollution and other forms of environmental pollution have plagued the whole of Japan. At that time, the industrial cities of Kanagawa and Chiba, as well as Osaka and Kobe, were all billowed with black smoke on Friday, and the air pollution changed from the original particulate air pollution to sulfur acid pollution, and the weapons spread to the Pacific region of Honshu, Japan.

So Downing nodded and said, "This is the truth, I remember that it was difficult to see the sun in Tokyo during the day. Visibility in the city is only 30 to 50 meters, cars are useless even with headlights, and the pungent smell of sulfide can be clearly smelled in many areas. ”

Sakurai echoed, "You guys Tokyo is pretty good, do you know what our Osaka was called at the time?" It's called Smoke Capital! It is said that 452 tons of coal dust falls in Osaka every year, and we dare not open our windows even in the hot summer.

But we are not the worst, the worst is Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture. As a result of the construction of new petrochemical plants and petrochemical plants, the number of locals suffering from respiratory illness caused by inhaling waste containing sulfides soared to 3% in 1964. The chimneys of the factories were close to the houses, and at first there were complaints of a foul smell in the air, and then gradually some people vomited and had headaches, and finally died. At Yokkaichi's elementary school, classrooms were filled with a foul smell, and students fled the campus with their hands covered with their mouths and noses in tears from choking smoke, and the scene was as chaotic as if they had been hit by an air raid.

A local sixth-grade girl who suffered from Shikkaichi cough and asthma once wrote a poem: "Everyone looks up at the sky. Gloomy black hole. Huge factories are spraying with smoke and releasing toxic sulphurous acid. Today, sulfuric acid has also poisoned people, when can I return the blue sky? "In those days, sick people were taken to the hospital one by one, but in the medical textbooks of the time, there was not even the word air pollution."

"Well, according to statistics, more than 10,000 people died directly or indirectly from asthma in Yokkaichi, which has become one of the four major public diseases in Japan."

"That's right. But in the end, we have not solved the problem, so now only countries like China that do not have heavy industry are talking about these things. Once they start to industrialize, this is inevitable. ”

Although I don't like the Japanese nation very much, but for the Japanese government's efforts and measures to control environmental pollution, Tang Ning is still very appreciative, in order to solve the problem of haze, the Japanese government has completely abandoned the direction of high pollution, high energy consumption industrial development. In this way, the industrial structure has been adjusted and the transformation of industrial technology has been promoted.

In 1962, the Japanese government enacted the Soot Restriction Act, in 1967 the Basic Law on Pollution Countermeasures, and in 1968 the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act.

Then it resolutely resisted the resistance and resistance from industrial, mining, automobile manufacturing and other consortia and large national taxpayers, and resolutely implemented the relevant laws.

The most successful place is to reuse the market binding force of consumers, and form a consumption concept of "proud of using green and environmentally friendly products" in the whole society. The government has introduced a green label system in the market. Consumers are concerned about buying environmentally friendly products. Don't underestimate this small environmental protection label, if there is no product in the market without this logo, consumers will not recognize and buy.

Therefore, in Japan, if a company is indifferent to environmental protection, consumers will not be satisfied, and the market will automatically eliminate its products. That is to say, environmental protection is not only the government's requirements, but also the requirements of the market, such a virtuous circle, environmental protection issues have not only been paid attention to by consumers, but also prompted enterprises to strengthen environmental protection.

At the same time, urban greening is also an important means of controlling smog in Japan, and there are special regulations in Tokyo that new buildings must have green space and must carry out roof greening. In Tokyo's greenery, grass is rarely planted, but trees are planted, and the pursuit of green area is not only the green area, but also the green volume. Automobile exhaust is a major cause of air pollution, and Japan has not only improved its technology to install exhaust filters and other measures to reduce emissions, but also banned diesel engine cars from entering Tokyo.

Looking at his country on the other hand, he began to shout in 2005 to control the haze, but ten years later, the haze has not only not disappeared, but has become heavier and heavier, that is, Tang Ning crossed early, otherwise he could still see the pink haze

Although he has the experience of successful smog control in Japan and other countries, Tang Ning deeply feels that based on the domestic economic growth model and industrial structure, as well as the market that is eager for quick success, it is not ordinary to achieve Japan's appearance.

Just as Downing was about to leave the United States and return to Japan, he suddenly received a notice from the US Department of Defense, hoping that he could cooperate with Dr. Kissinger, then US National Security Advisor, on a secret visit to China.

PS: There will be a twist in the plot after about thirty chapters.,It's all been foreshadowing lately.,Please don't be impatient.。 (To be continued.) )