Beijing will take the lead in executing the fifth stage vehicle emission standard (Beijing V Emission Standard).
The capital will raise its auto-emission standards on Feb 1, making them the strictest in the nation in a move to reduce auto pollution by 40 percent.
Shanghai issues 1st free plates for new energy cars
Police are warning passengers about a new scam in which some illegal taxi drivers in Beijing's Sanyuanqiao area have tricked passengers and driven away with their belongings.
Beijing's tap water will not lead to the formation of stones in an organ or duct of the human body, known as lithiasis, an official said, in the latest effort to ease public doubts about water quality.
The head of a charity foundation, which has been accused of embezzling donations, has offered to allow a third party agency to audit its financial records.
An improving economic environment both at home and abroad will keep Beijing's gross regional product (similar to GDP) "moderately" increasing in 2013 after registering a 13-year low the previous year.
Beijing will release its own Gini coefficient for 2012, a National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Beijing survey branch spokesman said Sunday.
Choked in dense smog for three consecutive days, Beijing started emergency response measures on Sunday to curb the air pollution at hazardous levels.
Cold snap to expel China's lingering fog
Healthy debate over Beijing's air quality
Haze drives demand for clean air products
Pollution may make economy splutter
Beijing's new airport will greatly ease the burden on the current one, but civilian and military use must be coordinated to ensure operations, experts have said.
The data of air quality monitoring shows that the pollutant levels of PM2.5 in Beijing reached between 340 and 446, belonging to serious pollution six.
Police arrested a man who kidnapped a woman and held her at knifepoint in Beijing on Thursday morning, rescuing the victim.
To drink or not to drink? That is the question for Beijing residents, according to water quality expert Zhao Feihong. Her answer: No.
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