New plan to clean up China sky

Cities need to coordinate efforts to tackle pollution and clear the air, says Cabinet

BEIJING - Chinese cities will need to coordinate efforts to clear up the sky when a new mechanism to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council.

Besides the existing pollution control program for sulfur dioxide, regional emission caps for nitrogen oxides will be established in the three "key air polluting areas" - the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.