Beijing will reduce coal consumption by 4 million tonnes, shut down 300 factories and retire 200,000 heavily polluting vehicles in 2015, said Li Shixiang, executive vice mayor of Beijing and a deputy to the National People's Congress Friday.
Beijing aims at keeping its population under 23 million in 2020 as it is confronted with water and other resource shortages, said a senior official of the Beijing municipal government.
The number of accidents caused by fireworks during the 2015 Lunar New Year holiday period fell in Beijing this year, local authorities said Friday.
The Lantern Festival, which fell on Thursday, saw Beijing's residents flock to the street to watch and set off fireworks, however, the colorful seasonal displays came with a downside -- dragging the air quality down.
The IOC evaluation commission will visit Beijing from March 24 to 28 before a final decision is scheduled to be made at the IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31.
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center forecasted the capital city will see moderate to severe levels of PM 2.5 pollution after the firework celebrations on Lantern Festival (March 5), the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
Beijing police have cracked the most serious gun-related case in the capital in two decades.
A massive tomb complex has been found in a southwest suburb in Beijing, the Beijing institute of cultural heritage said on Sunday.
A Beijing court on Saturday sentenced popular singer Yin Xiangjie to a 7-month jail term with a fine of 2,000 yuan (about 333 U.S. dollars) for holding drugs.
The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City will extend its opening hours to make it more convenient for tourists, reports the Beijing Morning Post on Saturday.
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