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Name: Hurry

A six-month inspection campaign targeting the most heavily polluted regions According to China Daily, the Environmental Protection Ministry announced on Thursday it has begun a six-month inspection campaign from this month to March next year targeting the most heavily polluted regions, including regions around Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions, as well as the middle of Northeast China's Liaoning province, Central China's Hunan province and the Taiwan Strait's west bank.

It is reported that the airs of regions around Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions, as well as the middle of Northeast China's Liaoning province, Central China's Hunan province and the Taiwan Strait's west bank, are polluted seriously, so the Environmental Protection Ministry campaigned this inspection to influence air quality within the regions. From a piece of News from Wu Wencong, Ministry officials and environmental authorities at local government levels will conduct the investigations, inspecting every sector that could influence air quality within the regions and they will check whether major industries have added filters to their equipment as required, if the amount of discharged pollutants is within limits, whether factories and restaurants are taking effective measures to prevent dust and cooking fumes from polluting the air, and whether local governments have taken measures to shut down polluting enterprises and remove old vehicles from roads.

"Governments in the cluster should get prepared for potential smog this winter and take all measures possible, including controlling coal consumption, banning heavily polluting enterprises and easing traffic to prevent the pollution from getting too severe," said Chai Fahe, deputy head of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.

When this reporter asked a citizen from Beijing, she said, “I hope this inspection campaign can make effect and the air quality can be improved, as for Beijing citizen, we can get rid of the smog blanking everyday.”

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