Cities in China's northern provinces escalate, extend smog-alert

SHANGHAI, Feb 25 (SMM) – Langfang city of China's biggest steelmaking province of Hebei escalated the smog-alert from orange to red effective from February 23 to March 2, local environmental authorities said on Saturday February 23.

Under the most-severe red alert, heavy industries will have to suspend or cut production.

Taiyuan city in another northern China's province of Shanxi decided to extend its second severe pollution alert till February 28, said environmental authorities of the city on Sunday February 24.