Smog has blanketed the Chinese capital for at least a week and the Great Hall of the People, where lawmakers will meet next week for the country's parliamentary session, is hardly visible.
Beijing on Monday maintained its orange pollution alert, the second-highest alert level, as severe smog is forecast to linger in the Chinese capital for another three days.
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Friday announced that many cities were hit by heavy air pollution on the eve of the Spring Festival due to unfavorable weather conditions and fireworks.
Beijing has seen less air pollution on the eve of China's lunar New Year with less fireworks set off, the municipal environment watchdog said on Friday.
The spread of suffocating smog to more Chinese cities this winter came as another warning for the country to intensify its campaign against environmental damage caused by three decades of rapid growth.
Government officials and environmental experts from China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have urged greater cooperation in combating air pollution.
Smog shrouded the skyline of China's financial hub Shanghai as air pollution in the city hit its worst level on Monday.
Reducing air pollution and particularly the heavy smog frequently smothering large cities, especially in the north, has become a high priority for China.
Beijing Municipal Government will soon issue an emergency response to the lingering smog, with alternate driving days for even- and odd-numbered license plates, Xinhua has learned.
Beijing Municipal Government will soon issue an emergency response to the lingering smog, with alternate driving days for even- and odd-numbered license plates, Xinhua has learned.
Chinese steelmakers, already obsessed with low profit margins, have been told to increase their environmental investment to help the country reduce air pollution.
Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian announced at an international forum that China will issue a series of tough measures by the end of July to curb air pollution.
China's supreme court and procuratorate jointly issued a new judicial explanation Tuesday that imposes harsher punishments on polluters.
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Friday outlined a string of measures for curbing the air pollution that is plaguing the country, vowing "tough measures for tough tasks."
Speaking during an ecological construction study session with members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, President Xi Jinping called for establishing a lifelong responsibility mechanism targeting those who conduct irresponsible decision-making that leads to severe environmental consequences.
Several provinces in China have established trans-provincial environmental compensation rules, in a bid to solve the difficulty of pipointing sources of watershed pollution that often goes beyond administrative regions.
Chinese and international medical experts have warned that second-hand smoke and air pollution are among the major health threats in China.
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