Schools in Beijing have started to monitor air quality on campus and issue warnings if necessary to minimize risks to students posed by hazardous gases and particles such as PM2.5, which has become a major air pollutant in the city.
China's air pollution problems are more severe and widespread. However, there are tips shared by our forum readers for coping with this smog-filled way of living. Just try to keep in mind that the air pollution is more of an inconvenience than an impediment and shouldn't stop you from enjoying life in China.
Premature deaths related to PM2.5 pollution in 31 major Chinese cities reached 257,000 in 2013, making it a major killer equivalent to smoking, according to a yearlong study released on Wednesday.
Dalian's observatory issued an orange alert for smog on Monday morning, as heavy smog shrouded the city and the surrounding sea.
As Beijing entered its six day of intense air pollution on Tuesday, the city's weather bureau forecast that a cold wave on Wednesday night will help disperse the heavy smog in North China.
China's air pollution problems are more severe and widespread. However, there are tips shared by our forum readers for coping with this smog-filled way of living.
There are dozens of "zombie" mills that can no longer afford to operate in and around Tangshan, an industrial city of 7 million people in China's northern Hebei province.
Contestants take part in an Undie Run at Beijing’s Olympic Forest Park, Feb 23, 2014. Thick smog has shrouded the capital for days and the city raised its four-tier alert system to "orange".
Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun declared an "all-out effort" on Thursday to tackle air pollution by cutting coal use by 2.6 million tonnes and transforming 300 polluting companies this year .
Yellow alerts for fog in China's southern regions were issued on Monday by the country's central observatory, as continuous rainfall increased humidity.
Pan Shiyi, chairman of Soho China, uses a PM2.5 density monitor a Shanghai subway on Jan 9, 2014. Pan arrived in Shanghai on Thursday, and took a 15-minute ride on Subway Line 2 from Hongqiao Airport to Jing'ansi station.
Industrial pollution is the biggest source of the PM 2.5 problems which cause Beijing's smog, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
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