Ein fussgänger Tragen einer Schutzmaske, Spaziergänge auf einer Straße in heavy Smog in Nunan Grafschaft, die Zentrale China Provinz Henan, 23. Dezember 2015. 40 Städte in Keine
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks on a road in heavy smog in Nunan county, central China's Henan province, 23 December 2015. Forty cities in north China, including Beijing and Tianjin, issued or maintained alerts for air pollution on Tuesday (23 December 2015). Beijing, together with Baoding, Handan, Langfang and Xingtai in neighbouing Hebei Province, are on red alert, the most serious. Hebei, home to six of the 10 most polluted Chinese cities in November, issued its first red alert for smog at noon yesterday although the four cities on red alert had issued theirs before the provincewide alert. Guo Yingchun, a spokesman for the provincial meteorological department, said all the province¯s 11 cities will roll out strict measures, including limiting the number of vehicles on the road. Tianjin issued its first alert for air pollution on Monday night and that was upgraded to red at midnight last night and will last until 6am tomorrow, according to a government statement. During the red alert, as in Beijing, cars will be allowed on the roads depending on whether their license plate ends in an odd or even number, enterprises and public institutions will adopt flexible working hours and large outdoor activities and construction work will be suspended.
