Research to be stepped up to help Beijing fight against smog

Beijing is to strengthen research on air quality forecasting with data from more monitoring stations to improve decisions taken to curb smog.

In the capital, 35 stations monitor air quality and upload the real-time data to the Environmental Protection Bureau.

To provide better information on air quality, the capital plans to raise the number of stations to more than 70 and increase the number of mobile monitoring vehicles to cover a wider area.