Professor He Kebin named “Green China Person of the Year” 2016-2017
Professor He Kebin, Dean of the School of Environment at Tsinghua University, was named the “Green China Person of the Year” 2016-2017. This award, whose winners were announced on the World Environment Day (June 5th), recognized Prof. He’s academic contribution to China’s environmental protection.
Prof. He has devoted himself to the research on complex air pollution problem, especially on PM2.5, for many years. He promoted the development and application of dynamic regional air quality management, which includes the high-resolution emission inventories, multi-dimensional source apportionments for complex pollution, and multi-pollutants collaborative control technologies. Prof. He led the establishment of an online platform for the Multi-scale Emission Inventory in China (MEIC) and has made great contributions to the promotion of China’s air quality management performance in the fields of precise source-tracing and quantitative assessment.
In 2017, Prof. He was appointed the deputy director of the National Air Pollution Control and Prevention Center. He is taking the lead to guide the “2+26” cities on emission inventory development. In addition, he is also the leader for proposing strategies on air pollution controls from major sectors, including metallurgy, building materials, coal, diesel engines, VOCs and etc. All the works above have contributed to the mitigation of heavy air pollution during autumn and winter. With these efforts, it was observed that the reduction of PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing, Tianjin and the neighboring regions has reached more than 35% in the past 5 years. In addition, Prof. He acted as a core expert in air quality control for a series of national events including the G20 Hangzhou Summit in 2006 and the BRICS Summit held in Xiamen in 2017.
The “Green China Person of the Year” is the highest award in the field of environmental protection given by the Chinese government. It was launched in 2005 to honor the green heroes who have made special contributions in environmental protection. Professor Zhang Xiaojian, Professor Hao Jiming, and the Student Green Association of Tsinghua, all from the School of Environment, were recognized with the honor in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Writers: Liu Huan, Chen Chao, Gao Xiaojuan
Editor: Zhu Lvhe
