新奇事件簿 索尼向中國員工交“污染費”

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Japanese electronics company Panasonic will pay its Japanese staff in China "pollution pay". The company wants to give its workers more money because of China's poor air quality. No one knows how many people willget the extra cash. Neither did the company say how much the additional pay would be. Panasonic did not announce any plans to give the payment to its Chinese staff. Workers who have to work in other countries usually get extra pay for phoning home, eating in restaurants or buying furniture. Panasonic is probably the first company in the world to give compensation to its workers because of pollution. Other companies in China may now follow Panasonic's example.

日本電子公司索尼將對在中國工作的日本員工支付“污染費”。由于中國的天氣質(zhì)量，索尼想多支付員工工資。沒有人知道究竟有多少人會得到這些額外的費用。該公司也沒有透露具體的費用數(shù)字。索尼還沒有宣布支付費用的任何計劃。通常，在國外工作的員工都會得到額外的費用，這些費用包括通訊費、餐飲費?；蚴琴徶眉揖叩馁M用。索尼或許是全球首家因環(huán)境污染而給予員工費用的企業(yè)。其他在華駐場的公司也會緊隨其后。

Air pollution is a serious problem in China. The World Health Organization said pollution levels there were 15 times higher than healthy levels. China's Premier, Li Keqiang, recently said his country would fight a "war on pollution". The Japan Times newspaper reported that: "Over the weekend, a top Chinese environment official said air quality was below national standards in almost every major city last year." There are several reasons why pollution in China has become so bad in recent years. The country's economic success means there are thousands more factories. China also uses coal as its main source of energy. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands more cars than before on China's roads.

在中國，空氣污染是個很嚴重的問題。世界衛(wèi)生組織稱中國的污染水平超出了健康水平的15倍。中國總理李克強近日稱中國將打一場“污染之戰(zhàn)”。日本時報報道稱：“在過去的一周，一位環(huán)境高級官員稱去年，幾乎每個大城市的空氣質(zhì)量都沒有達到國家標準。”造成中國近些年環(huán)境污染的原因有多方面。中國的經(jīng)濟成就意味著中國又增加了上千個工廠。煤還是最主要的能源供應原料。此外，中國的馬路上有增加了十幾萬輛汽車。