Tag Archives: Beijing

Cities go live with air quality updates

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Eighty-seven Chinese cities will begin releasing hourly updates on air quality from New Year’s Day, taking the total number doing so to 161, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced. Data will be collected from 449 monitoring stations across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei … Continue reading →

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Researchers identify primary sources of city air pollution

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research fellows have found the main source of particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 microns in the Beijing air is fossil fuel combustion emissions, Xinhua reported Monday. A research team at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in the … Continue reading →

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China faces $176bn bill to clean up air pollution

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Cleaning up China’s air pollution will cost 1.75 trillion yuan (£176b) between 2013 and 2017, a high-ranking environmental official has estimated. Wang Jinnan, deputy head of the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, said that the investment –part of an anti-pollution … Continue reading →

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China seeks to curb worst air pollution in 50 years

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

China’s air pollution in 2013 is at its worst for some 52 years, with 13 provinces hitting record-high levels of air pollution, according to the ministry of environmental protection. In recent days, traffic has been delayed in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong; … Continue reading →

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Beijing confiscates barbecues in drive to cut air pollution

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing is waging a war against air pollution, one barbecue at a time. Officials have destroyed more than 500 open-air barbecues to cut particulate matter. Photos carried by state media showed workers cutting pieces of metal as city wardens looked … Continue reading →

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Smoggy Beijing sees lung cancer cases soar

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

The number of lung cancer cases in the Chinese capital Beijing has soared over the last decade. According to figures published by the state-run Xinhua news agency, they have increased by more than 50%. Beijing health officials say smoking is … Continue reading →

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‘Severe’ air pollution spikes in Beijing

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing’s air quality reached “severe pollution” levels on Monday morning as the city was blanketed with dense smog. Air quality in central Beijing and southern suburban areas reached level-six and other areas reached level five on a six-level scale, according … Continue reading →

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China to send air pollution inspection teams to provinces

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

China’s Environment Ministry said on Thursday it will send inspection teams to provinces and cities most seriously affected by smog to ensure rules on fighting air pollution are being enforced. Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China’s … Continue reading →

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