How does Beijing clean up the atmosphere for APEC?

More than 400,000 officials in many provinces have participated in the scale mission to cut down on dust and smoke, ensuring Beijing has a clean atmosphere for the APEC Summit Awards.

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China Environment newspaper yesterday released the above information, said the top Chinese leaders such as Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Cao Le . directly directed the air cleaning.

Many documents guiding the pollution mitigation measures were issued, Deputy Prime Minister Truong personally chaired meetings and supervised anti-dust campaigns, according to SCMP.

Beijing pollutes serious dust and smoke before APEC.(Photo: Chinanews)

China's Minister of Environmental Protection said more than 400,000 employees participated in the "Green APEC" campaign launched by the central government, stretching across Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Shandong and Henan.

They have to inspect more than 60,000 industrial plants, and 123,000 other factories, including construction sites and gas stations.

Approximately 10,000 factories have to temporarily stop production, 39,000 factories must limit operating hours, within the supervision of the authorities and written reports. At least 11.7 million vehicles reduce traffic on the road every day to cut emissions during the conference.

The clear sky of Beijing during the time of APEC.(Photo: 17968)

Beijing's environmental monitoring center said the capital's pollution level from November 1 to 12 has dropped to its lowest level in five years. The PM2.5 index in the atmosphere, the index indicates tiny dust particles in the air that are harmful to health, also decreased by about 30% over the same period.

However, APEC ended when dust quickly returned to Beijing. Traffic began to return to the street, production start-up factories, US Embassy air quality index reached 296 on November 15, an indicator "extremely bad." " and adjacent to the " dangerous "level.