The "Blue Sky" in China and the Rising Sun in Malaysia (Part 1 of 2)

I was in Shanghai, China during January this year for 6 days company business trip. 

The factory location is at Jiangyin city 江阴, a 3 tier city nearby to Wuxi 无锡. 

My private car driver had taken me to Shanghai CBD area for quick city sightseeing before two hours of journey to Jiangyin city from Shanghai Pudong airport, 

Surprisingly, first photo taken at 2.30pm from The Bund, 外滩.

A thick layer of smog rolled into Shanghai, turning skyscrapers into shadows and clear sky into greyish fog. Smog in China has many causes, including pollution from heavy industries and traffic. But the scenario tends to happen more serious and often in the winter because of  plummeting temperatures cause coal fired/fossil fuel power plant demand to soar.

Situation getting worse on the way to smaller town .

Photo taken at 11 am, second day at JiangYin

Next day, see to believe on the root cause which has caused the air pollution. See below photo, power plant nearby to my vendor's factory, is burning tonnes of coal to power up the heaters to keep the city warm.

JiangYin Coal Fired Power Plant

Screenshot from Google map, Tonnes of Coal which keep at the open area of the size of around 50 football fields

To battle air pollution issue, China government has implemented series of actions under the plan called "Blue Sky" or 蓝天计划 which led the local government to order factories, some power plants and schools to shut/cut output. Steel mills, some under construction sites, paper mills are the victims under this plan.

(Part 1 of 2)

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