BEIJING - China has scaled up air quality control in Beijing to make sure the capital's air pollution to be much improved by the time of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
BBQ is the latest target as Beijing announced on Wednesday to ban restaurants from operating outdoor barbecues, which authorities say are a major contributor to smog, in selected suburban areas.
China is going all out to bring "Olympic Blue" to Beijing.
'Olympic Blue' Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Black Lime , derived from the coined phrase 'APEC Blue', refers to fresh air and clear days that may come with the Olympics.
During last November's APEC meeting, host Beijing imposed strict pollution controls which led to a big drop in pollutants in the air. Thus, Beijing netizens coined a phrase 'APEC Blue' to describe the clear blue sky.
Air pollution, which had haunted the city for quite a long time Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio White Roayl Gold , is believed to be one of the major problems hurting Beijing's chance for the 2022 Games.
The first quarter of the year has witnessed Beijing's average PM2.5 density drop significantly, thanks to the capital's continuous air pollution control efforts and favorable weather conditions during this period.
The average density of PM2.5 (airborne particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter) dropped by 19 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to Beijing's environmental protection bureau.
The average densities of PM10, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide also dropped by 8.8 percent, 42.9 percent and 11.4 percent respectively in Beijing.
Chen Tian Women's Under Armour UA Scorpio Black Pink , head of the Beijing environmental protection bureau, attributed the remarkable air quality improvement to the reduction of coal burning, a drop in construction activities and good air conditions to disperse pollutants.
Last year, Beijing realized a record high of 2.8 million-tonne cut in coal use. In March, two sets of coal-burning power generation facilities of two plants were shut down in Beijing.
The capital will continue to improve its energy structure to keep coal consumption under 15 million tonnes Women's Under Armour UA Scorpio Pink Grey , phase out another 200,000 vehicles and close more than 300 polluting factories this year.
Beijing has 5.5 million registered vehicles, which discharge 700,000 tonnes of pollutants a year.
"We will accelerate promotion of new energy cars to control emissions of vehicles," said Li Kunsheng Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Carbon Black Red , an official of the bureau.
Policies about the fees over traffic jamming or fuel burning and dust at construction sites will be adopted, according to Zhang Gong, vice mayor of Beijing.
Meanwhile, the air quality in nearby Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province also improved in the first quarter.
The PM2.5 density dropped 15 percent in Tianjin and 25 percent in Hebei Province respectively year-on-year in the first quarter.
Beijing and the neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province have been working together to fight air pollution in recent years. The region has been ordered by the central government to cut PM2.5 from 2012 levels by 25 percent by 2017.
The International Olympic Committee will vote on Beijing's bid race against Almaty, Kazakhstan Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Black Silver , on July 31 in Kuala Lumpur.
WINDHOEK, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Namibia says it will allow entry into the country participants from Ebola-ravaged West Africa to take part in the ninth edition of the biannual Confederation of African Football (CAF) African Women Championship scheduled next month.
A local weekly newspaper quoted the Namibia Football Association (NAF) president John Muinjo Friday saying that the tournament, scheduled to start from 11 to 25 October in Windhoek, will go ahead as planned despite an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.
"The virus will not affect the competition... travelling fans and players will have to go through a thorough test at their respective airports before boarding a plane to Namibia.
"We know that the virus is highly contagious and therefore the NFA does not want to take any chances," Muinjo said.
Eight countries will take part in the two-week tournament Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Black Gold , including four West African countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and tournament favourites, Nigeria.
While there are no confirmed cases in the other three West African countries Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Black Orange , 19 confirmed cases have so far been reported in Nigeria according to health officials in that country with seven deaths.
The NFA said players, officials and supporters coming from West African countries will need careful screening.
"Zambia, South Africa and Egypt are not close to Ebola affected countries and I am sure they will not have to go through as many monitoring procedures as the West African countries," Muinjo added.
Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafza
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her Nobel Peace Prize where she always wished to be: in school.
The Pakistani girl once shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education just like the boys celebrated being the joint winner of the peace prize Friday with her classmates at Edgbaston High School for girls in Birmingham, the city in central England that she now calls home.
The teenager had traveled to Birmingham for medical treatment after being targeted by the Taliban for her relentless objections to the group's regressive interpretation of Islam that limits girls' access to education. She was shot while returning home from school in Pakistan's scenic Swat Valley two years ago Men's Under Armour UA Scorpio Carbon Black Red , almost to the day.
"This award is for all those children who are voiceless, whose voices need to be heard," she said at a press conference at Birmingham's Library. "I speak for them and I stand up with them. And I join them in their campaign."
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