Smog blanketed Beijing and parts of northern China on Sunday, disrupting many passengers' plans of returning to work after the Spring Festival holiday.
China's capital of Beijing has set a target of completing environmentally friendly renovations on all its coal-fired heating furnaces by 2015.
Sales of fireworks in Beijing have dropped significantly this Spring Festival holiday season, as residents have exercised restraint in order to ward off smog.
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Wednesday issued a timetable for its program to upgrade fuel quality, with strict standards to be promoted nationwide before 2017.
A total of 4,000 tons of pollutants are estimated to be in the air in urban areas of Beijing on serious pollution days.
Emissions from motor vehicles, coal-burning and cooking contributed to the dense smogs in Beijing in January, according to research results issued Sunday.
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