discussion keeps the world turning this is round table China's action against noise is gaining momentum from urban design to noise monitoring.
The goal is simple, quiet nights, peaceful sleep and healthier communities.
Let's talk about quiet communities and why your sleep might just depend on them.
Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm He Yang.
For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Ding Heng in the studio.
First on today's show.
A recent report says China has implemented rules to establish quiet communities to tackle noise pollution.
And now there are over 2,000 of them nationwide.
April the 30th marks International Noise Awareness Day,
a time to reflect on how excessive noise affects not only our environment,
but also our health and well-being.
So what exactly makes a quiet community in China?
Well,
a quiet community refers to a residential compound that through noise pollution control measures tries to achieve certain quality standards in terms of the sound environment,
for example, and its residents.
are generally highly satisfied with the environment in terms of the sound,
etc. It provides a peaceful living environment for residents to live, to study, and to work.
Now, there are some more specific basic standards, actually, which include, for example,
it cannot be in a situation where multiple households time and time again complain about the same noise problem,