China decided to reduce car smoke to cope with pollution

China 's Ministry of Environmental Protection said it will take measures to reduce emissions from cars after smog over 30 cities over the past few days.

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Tao Detian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Environmental Protection, said officials will take drastic measures to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxide (NO) that cars emit. In addition, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will also strengthen supervision of automobile production, consumption and disposal activities, Xinhua reported.

Vision in many places in China drops below 100m
due to dense smoke in the past days. (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)

"The ministry will increase the number of urban public transport, encourage people to use clean energy to reduce emissions from motor vehicles - one of the perpetrators of haze in cities" , Mr. Tao said.

Besides authorities also require those companies, construction sites to discharge more emissions, dust stops working. For example, Beijing officials demanded that 30 construction sites in the city stop working.

According to the automobile industry, China is the largest producer and the largest automobile consumption market in the world in the past 4 years. The number of cars launched in China in 2012 was 19.27 million, while the number of cars consumed was 19.31 million.

Nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide (CO) and other types of motor vehicles are substances that cause smoke and acid rain in Chinese cities for years.

Blind smoke covers a large area in central and eastern China from January 11, causing a sharp decline in vision. Officials block many highways due to accidents, while airlines also postpone or cancel several dozen flights. Official and informal indicators show dust density of 2, diameter. 5 micrometers or less in Beijing is 12 to 16 times higher than the World Health Organization's safety threshold.