For lawmakers and political advisors at the ongoing annual sessions in Beijign, the city's new association with the "Beijing cough" is far less welcome than its fame for roast duck and opera.
Political advisers called for central heating systems to be installed in urban Guizhou province when they gathered for the annual sessions of provincial legislators.
Shanxi province is to form a cultural ecological protection zone that will encompass several central areas, including Pingyao.
Political advisers called for the loosening of taxi policies and introducing a reservation system to ease the difficulty of hailing a taxi in Beijing.
Journalists usually report social changes, but sometimes they signify the changes themselves.