BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Less fireworks were set off across China in the Lunar New Year, banned in many places, over air pollution concerns.Two thirds of people polled in 35 major Chinese cities last year by the center for public opinion research at Shanghai Jiao Ton......
China is speeding up its upgrading of vehicle emission standards to control car exhaust pollution, an alleged culprit for the smog that shrouds nearly half the country on many winter days.The 11 provinces in East China, where the economy is more advanced than the remaind......
The governor of Hebei province Zhang Qingwei had an unrelaxing start to 2016, after being called in for a ‘chat’ with officials tasked with delivering improvements in air quality.Although there is a huge task ahead to reduce pollution on one of China’s most heavily-ind......
LANZHOU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province reported 252 days of excellent or good air quality last year, 59 days more than in 2013, according to the city's environmental protection bureau.Lanzhou is situated in the Yellow River vall......
The municipality of Beijing is preparing to introduce new standards for vehicle emissions. But plans to tackle smog in the capital, before the arrival of the Winter Olympics in 2022, have been thwarted by lax environmental regulations elsewhere. A final version of the ‘B......
China has finalized a plan setting tough fuel standards for large ships in an effort to slash marine emissions, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday.When fully implemented, the coordinated effort will reduce oxysulfide emissions from ships by 65 percent and particula......
Since the beginning of winter, many of China's cities, including the capital, have been smothered in smog repeatedly. The horrendous air quality not only depresses people, it is also driving more and more of them to pack up and leave cities – and even to consider emigrat......
BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Angst hit Liu Min on Thursday as severe smog returned to the eastern city of Jinan and the air quality index (AQI) gave a reading of 250.Luckily, a strong cold front helped to disperse the smog in the capital of Shandong Province. In December......
Air pollution levels fell by 10.3% in China last year. However, 80% of cities are still in breach of national standards, according to a new report by Greenpeace East Asia.China’s efforts to clean up air pollution appear to be having an effect. The average concentration o......
China's new five-year national development plan shifts the country's environmental focus and expands by two the airborne pollutants targeted for reduction in an effort to control severe smog.The 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) will establish binding limits for volatile o......
