The Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau released an emergency air pollution plan on April 1.
Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said China hopes to use new technologies from foreign countries to tackle its own problem of air pollution.
With the public counting on regional joint prevention and control to solve the problem of airborne pollution, an environmental expert says the system is still in the early stages and may not cure the problem.
With the public counting on regional joint prevention and control to solve the problem of airborne pollution, and the system is still in the early stages.
The Chinese capital Beijing recently suffered serious air pollution which gathered headlines across the world. The problems that Beijing and Chinese cities suffer has parallels with pollution problems faced in previous decades, and still faced, in cities in developed countries.
Fireworks and adverse weather conditions resulted in soaring PM 2.5 readings and reduced air quality in many Chinese cities during holiday.
Four days after the massive fireworks displays that marked Lunar New Year's Eve, Beijing's municipal weather bureau has maintained a warning against exercising outdoors due to the city's air pollution.
China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday.
Air pollution concerns have prompted Beijing authorities to ask residents to set off fewer fireworks during the upcoming Spring Festival.
Air pollution is more frightening than SARS because no one can escape it, said Zhong Nanshan, a leading Chinese specialist in respiratory diseases, during a TV interview aired on Wednesday.
Beijing's air pollution reached dangerous levels yet again on Sunday, marking the third consecutive day of severe smog, municipal environmental authorities said.
The city's new Kai Tak cruise terminal will be a major source of air pollution unless efforts are taken to cut emissions, an environmental group has charged. The Clean Air Network (CAN) is calling on the government to adopt more stringent marine emissions standards and to install an electrical power grid system for passenger liners so they do not need to keep their engines running while berthed.
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