An odd-even ban on car use will be implemented on heavily polluted days in Guangzhou city of South China's Guangdong province, the municipal government announced on Wednesday.
Beijing on Wednesday passed a new regulation on air pollution control to cap the city's total pollutant discharge.
Several independent Dutch inventors are among a handful of foreigners who have found unique ways to combat China's smog.
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 .
Although scientists have not agreed on an exact percentage of vehicle exhausts' contribution to fine particulate matters in big cities, they do agree it is a major source of pollution.
This news package covers the anti-pollution efforts from both government and NGOs in 2013.
Kindergartens, primary and high schools in Shanghai will suspend classes on heavily polluted days, the municipal government announced on Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Ministry and the Asian Development Bank will deepen cooperation in seven areas that include efforts to prevent pollution of the air, water and land, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has signed "responsibility pledges" with 31 municipalities, provinces, and autonomous regions to achieve air pollution reduction targets by 2017.
The health effects of outdoor air pollution can only be assessed after long-term monitoring and quantitative data analysis, a spokesman for the country's top health authority said.
The general and roadside monitoring stations of Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department have recorded a higher than normal pollution level Friday and the health risk category is serious in some places.
China's improved air quality monitoring standards will apply in more cities from Wednesday, the latest effort to combat air pollution.
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