The alert will be in effect from Wednesday midnight (3 a.m. on Wednesday in Sydney) to 6 a.m. Thursday (9 a.m. Thursday in Sydney).
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The air quality index in Beijing was 295, indicating “heavy” pollution, the local environmental monitoring centre said.
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Beijing, along with the cities of Baoding, Andan, Langfang and Xingtai, in the neighboring province of Hebei, had issued red alerts, the most serious standard.
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As of 8 p.m. Monday, the concentration of PM2.5 particulates, highly hazardous particles 100 times thinner than a human hair of 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less, was about 372 micrometers per cubic meter, roughly 15 times the guideline set by the World Health Organization. The agency expects similar levels for the capital on Wednesday as well, saying the smog won’t disperse quickly without the rain that’s expected in the morning down south. China has a four-tier colour-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe weather, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
A school girl wearing a protective mask makes her way in a shopping district as China’s capital Beijing braced for four days of choking smog, December 19, 2015.
Schools and kindergartens in Beijing were advised to close on Monday and Tuesday under the red alert and teaching materials were uploaded online for the students, the paper said.
During red alert in this port city, it will be restricted the circulation of half the cars, depending on whether their license plate number is odd or even; companies and public institutions adopt flexible work schedules, and major activities will be suspended outdoors. Low wind speed, high humidity and unfavourable wind conditions are the main causes of the smog, Li said.
Yellow and blue alerts have also been issued in 17 cities and 5 cities respectively, according to the air pollution emergency management headquarters of Beijing.
Key polluting industries cuts production as continuous cleaning operations were conducted in the city’s downtown areas.
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Heavy smog has hit the country’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region on three occasions since late November.
