2017-01-02Beijing will extend the orange alert for heavy air pollution for another three days as heavy smog will continue in the city, environmental authorities said Monday.
2017-01-02
On a recent business trip, Liu Qidi, 30, a manager with a family-owned cosmetics firm in Wuhan, Hubei province, arrived hungry around 9 pm at her hotel room in Yichang city in the same province in Central China. For supper, she neither visited the in-house restaurant nor stepped out into the chilly weather.
2017-01-02
With heavy smog dampening the festive atmosphere in northern China, the country's environmental authorities are strengthening inspections and enforcement to fight air pollution violations.
2017-01-02Beijing white-collar workers were more satisfied with their work and life than their counterparts in other large Chinese cities in 2016, despite facing limited promotion opportunities, intense competition and choking smog, according to a new report.
2017-01-01People view the sunrise scene at the Mutianyu Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2017.
2017-01-01In one respect the year has ended much as it began in Beijing, with more of those foggy, smoggy days in which levels of PM2.5 density are much higher than they should be, forcing people to wear masks, and factories, schools and factories to be closed and flights to be cancelled.
2017-01-01Some areas in northern China including Beijing will pass New Year's Day under a cloud as the national observatory renewed an orange alert for air pollution on Sunday.
2017-01-01The number of visitors to the Palace Museum in Beijing for 2016 hit 16 million when an 18-year-old student from Northeast China's Liaoning province bought a ticket on Saturday Morning.
2017-01-0121st Beijing New Year's Concert held at Great Hall of the People
2016-12-31In recent inspections, China held 2,682 local officials to account for poor environmental protection efforts, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Saturday.
2016-12-31Xi extends greetings to all Chinese compatriots and people around the world, saying hardwork and joint efforts in 2017 will make China and the world better.
2016-12-31Beijing authorities said Saturday that two inter-city railways are under construction, part of a strategy to push regional integration around Beijing.
2016-12-31The year through a kaleidoscope
2016-12-31As Beijing ramps up preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, mass participation in winter sports and recreations has soared, a fact highlighted by bustling scenes of people playing on ice and snow around the capital.
2016-12-31Smog returned to parts of northern China Friday as red and orange alerts were issued for the new round of pollution over the weekend.
