Related Keywords: Chinese government, create super region, pollution level, regions of Hebei and Tianjin, restrict expansion, Textile Industry
The Chinese government, in a bid to reduce pollution levels in the smog-hit capital Beijing has restricted the expansion of industries such as textiles, chemicals and paper and oil refining, according to a new list of controls published by the government.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection showed that Beijing’s average readings of tiny airborne particles that are hazardous to health, known as PM2.5 has touched 91.6 micrograms per cubic metre in the first half of 2014, down 11.2 percent year on year,
