China smog News
While highlighting steps to address coal burning, exhaust of vehicles and dust to control smog specially in the winter, he said the causes for its recurrence is not fully understood.
The teams went to cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and neighbouring areas, including Shanxi, Shandong and Henan provinces, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said.
The local departments can issue alerts for "fog" when visibility is less than 10 km, Chinese website
China's environmental ministry said it is evaluating 20 cities' emergency plans hoping to improve their response ability
Many of the cities are under red alert for severe air pollution as it is also predicted that situation may worsen due to not so favourable weather conditions.
According to the National Meteorological Centre, the air pollution will last through the following Tuesday and be worse than the spell between December 6-9, which forced Beijing to issue its highest smog alert for the first time since the emergency response system was created in October 2013.
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