Say no to fireworks, at least in metropolises

DURING THIS YEAR'S Spring Festival, sales of fireworks in Beijing were by nearly one-third less than the year before, as a result, there were fewer alarms and injuries than last year. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Having experienced the severe Lunar New Year air pollution in previous years, as a consequence of people setting off fireworks to celebrate the Spring Festival, residents in Beijing generally frowned upon fireworks this year.

Before Spring Festival, the results of a survey by the Beijing Municipal Social and Public Opinion Survey Center showed that more than 80 percent of the capital's residents planned not to set off fireworks.