International students say the air in the United States is sweet. Is China’s air pollution problem so serious?

It is common knowledge among primary school students that the air is colorless and odorless. Saying that the air in the United States is sweet is obviously a compliment, but it also reflects from the side that the air pollution in our country has become more serious. , especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, smog has become a common climate phenomenon. Although there are many reasons, in the past ten years or so, the blind pursuit of economic development while neglecting environmental protection has led to the current Nature's revenge.

Since the video of the international student’s speech began to spread on the Internet, it quickly triggered various attacks on the entire young girls studying abroad, but few people can truly reflect on whether our own air quality is really like this. Vulnerable, in fact, everyone is very clear about the state of the ecological environment they are in. Even if professional knowledge is lacking, the seriousness of the air pollution problem is obvious to all, although it is not serious To the extent that it makes people sick after breathing it, but it is indeed difficult to appreciate the blue sky in an urban environment.

Of course, serious air pollution is also a regional phenomenon. The air quality in many provinces such as Yunnan, Tibet, and Guangxi is still at a relatively high level. To some extent, the development level of the local economy and industries Structure plays a decisive role in local air quality. To give the simplest example, there are many steel plants in Tangshan, Hebei and surrounding cities. We all know that the steel industry is a high energy consumption and high pollution industry, so in the monthly air pollution rankings On the list, several cities in Hebei Province will be at the top of the list, which is enough to show that the air pollution in these cities is relatively serious.

Whether air quality has a substantial impact on people’s health is still a matter of divergent opinions. There is neither authoritative medical basis, objective cases, nor very convincing negative evidence. , but for ordinary people, the night sky that was once full of stars can rarely be seen. Even in rural areas where the air quality is relatively ideal, the starry sky has become a luxury. Unless it is after a heavy rain, you can smell the soil again. The fragrance and the sight of the clear blue sky.

As my country’s environmental protection efforts continue to increase, the improvement of air quality will gradually show corresponding effects. In fact, for ordinary people, no matter whether the air quality is good or bad, it is the problem in our own homes. There is absolutely no need to bring these trivial matters to the international stage and make a fuss about them. To put it bluntly, when you study abroad with the money your parents earned at home, you only breathed their sweet air, but did not Seeing that terrorist attacks may occur at any time, but in China, even if we have to face relatively poor air quality, personal safety is still guaranteed, so many things are not comparable. I believe China’s air quality will also be It will be restored to a high quality level in the near future.