Gyeonggi Province Holds Public Hearing on 'Air Environment Management Implementation Plan'

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it will hold a public hearing on the 'Gyeonggi Province Air Environment Management Implementation Plan' at the Mokmin Hall of the Gyeonggi Human Resources Development Institute on the 14th.

The public hearing will present an implementation plan to improve air pollution from next year through 2019.

The plan to be announced by the province comprises 93 projects across five sectors, including air pollutant reduction plans.

The province plans to complete the implementation plan by December of this year and will proceed with Seoul and Incheon to promote air environment management in the Seoul metropolitan area.

Ryu Kwang-yeol, Director of the Environmental Bureau, said, "We are establishing a plan to improve air quality to the level of advanced countries," and added, "Since fine particulate matter and other pollutants are directly linked to residents' health, we plan to reflect various opinions."