Handan implements level II smog-control measures Nov 28-Dec 1

SHANGHAI, Nov 28 (SMM) – Handan, a major steelmaking hub in north China’s Hebei province, will activate an orange alert for heavy air pollution for three days starting from 12:00 CST November 28.

Under the second-highest pollution warning in China's four-tier system, polluting enterprises including steel mills are required to cut or suspend production, and heavy-duty trucks with lower emission standards are banned from the road.

It was highlighted that in Wu’an, a prefecture-level city under Handan, the level II smog-control measures will also be implemented between 12:00 CST November 28 and 12:00 CST December 1, according to a notice by Wu’an environmental bureau on November 28.