Beijing official warns of severe pollution
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Beijing is likely to suffer serious pollution caused by firecrackers during the Spring Festival holiday, an air quality monitoring official said yesterday.
Weather conditions from tomorrow will not help disperse pollutants in the capital and the massive burning of firecrackers and fireworks over the next few days may lead to serious pollution, said Li Yunting, of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center.
Chinese people traditionally set off firecrackers to celebrate the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, especially on Lunar New Year’s eve, which is tomorrow.
Beijing will see strong winds during the day tomorrow, but rising humidity and weak winds are forecast during the night, Li said.
Monitoring data shows that the burning of firecrackers contributes greatly to air pollution, Li said. “The fewer firecrackers the better,” he said.
Beijing is expected to consume less firecrackers this year. Orders at local retailers are down 20 percent as authorities have cut the number of permitted sales days and reduced retail spots.
The city government approved 942 firecracker retail spots this year, more than 100 fewer than a year ago.
Beijing missed a key pollution reduction target last year and vowed more stringent efforts and fiscal support to curb air pollution this year.
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