A total of 85 enterprises working with hazardous chemicals in Binhai New Area of north China's Tianjin municipality will be closed or relocated after district safety checks concluded.
China's environmental authority reported that 50 cities, including Beijing and Tianjin, were subject to heavy smog on Wednesday.
Tianjin will build the world's largest factory where it will clone dogs, cows and horses among other animals, said the management committee of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area on Sunday.
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Air pollution forecasts for six cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are likely to be taken as a whole when emergency responses are being considered, said a plan released on Monday.
Wei Binglin never thought about starting a company in Beijing, but a regional integration plan for the capital inspired him to try his luck as an entrepreneur outside the city.
The Binhai New Area in Tianjin has launched safety inspections on companies that handle dangerous chemicals or goods following warehouse blasts that caused grave casualties in mid-August.
The environment outside the core zone of the Tianjin blast site remained normal despite the rainfall over the past two days, authorities said on Tuesday.
China's top procuratorate on Thursday announced its investigation into 10 officials and port executives for alleged neglect of duty in the Tianjin warehouse explosions, which killed at least 139 people.
China's top procuratorate accused 11 officials and port executives of neglecting management of dangerous chemicals storage and transportation in the Tianjin port, where explosions killed 139 and devastated the port area.
Five state-owned property developers in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin announced on Tuesday they have formed an alliance to purchase apartments hit by the deadly warehouse blast on August 12 from willing residents.
The death toll from a warehouse blast in north China's Tianjin Municipality has risen to 123, including 70 firefighters and seven policemen, authorities said at a press conference on Sunday.
The Tianjin warehouse blasts could put the brakes on the domestic automobile market as the suspension of Tianjin Port will affect the import of cars and parts.
Cleanup operations continued in north China's Tianjin Tuesday, almost a week after two massive explosions tore through a warehouse storing hazardous goods.
The dangerous chemicals stored in the warehouses that exploded on Wednesday night in Tianjin Port can not be determined at the moment, authorities said at a press conference on Friday.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong has promised best medical treatment for people injured in massive warehouse explosions in Tianjin and wished them early recovery during her visit to hospitals on late Thursday night.
At least 17 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured after two massive blasts rocked north China's port city of Tianjin late Wednesday night.
China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun arrived at the blast site in Tianjin to direct rescue operations and visit the wounded, making the first priority to ensure the security of the people's lives and property.
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