Development of Non-point Source Air Pollution Standard System in China

Abstract

Non-point source air pollution refers to the air pollution type that have no obvious source, which is regarded as an important contributor to the atmospheric pollution problem. Comparing to the point-source and linear-source air pollution, the standardization in the relation to non-point air pollution China is relatively sluggish. The present paper collected and analysed the existing air pollution standards in China, and establish the non-point source pollution standard system in the accordance with different sectors such as industry, agriculture, construction, transportation and social life. Due to the overlapped functions and unclear jurisdiction of different administrative departments, as well as the lagging progress of the government-dominated standard, a paradigm shift of non-point source air pollution standardization should be from government-dominated to market-oriented model. The lessons learned for other developing countries includes expanding standardization to multi-aspects to realize full lifecycle control and management, building rapid responding mechanism of standardization to reconcile with industry and social transformation, integrating outdated standards into new versions, and establishing market-based standard system.