After days of lingering smog, the Beijing municipal government has for the first time issued an orange alert for heavy air pollution, initiating an emergency response.
The building of an integrated economic zone around Bohai Bay may bring huge benefits to the region but will also require intensive effort, said Tianjin's vice-mayor.
A blue book on the development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region was released in Beijing on March 25.
The integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei is by no means a simple moving of polluting enterprises out of Beijing, but a more balanced distribution of production factors.
Since Chinese President Xi Jinping called for integration of regions around Beijing in February, the market response has been quick. But concrete moves on the official level are still in slow motion.