The central government said on Monday it is offering a total of 5 billion yuan ($818 million) in financial rewards to Beijing and its neighboring provinces.
China budgets funds to cut air pollution
Draft regulation raises fines for polluters
Beijing is weighing whether to remove its upper limit on fines for violating air pollution regulations next year.
Road to clean air starts with new energy vehicles
Other measures for the capital to become green
Beijing is striving to make its coal-fired heating facilities go green in response to public concern over the city’s poor air quality, especially during the heating season.
According to the capital's five-year Clear Air Action Plan unveiled in September, authorities aim to cut annual gasoline and diesel fuel consumption in 2017 by 5 percent of 2012 levels.
Companies' violations of environmental laws and regulations have become shrewder over the past 10 years, a senior official with the Environmental Protection Ministry said. Special: Fight Air Pollution
Heavy fog that shrouded most parts of north China Sunday has closed down dozens of expressways, hindering the return of holiday travelers towards the end of the golden week.
China will build a nation-wide network to monitor the impact of air pollution on health, a step to deal with a persistent smog crisis in big cities.
Beijing will build four power centers by the end of 2014 to replace coal with natural gas in heating and power generation, municipal authorities said Saturday.
China plans to pilot an air quality warning system in the heavily-polluted cities of Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas next month amid the country's increasing efforts to tackle the problem.
Air pollution not reason for foreigners to leave
Environmental costs weigh on steelmakers
China is riding a sound economic momentum but still needs to iron out certain issues such as energy upgrading and tougher financial reforms to stay competitive in the next decade, according to an American economist.
People in parts of northern and eastern China had to endure more smoggy days than usual in September, official data released on Sunday show.
Beijing on Sunday was shrouded in choking smog due to adverse weather conditions in the capital city as well as in neighboring regions, meteorologic authorities said.
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