Hebei gets bulk of funds to improve air quality

Northern province met targets for reducing emissions in 2013

Hebei province is to receive more than half of a new 5 billion yuan ($827 million) special fund from the central government for air pollution control, the provincial finance department announced on Wednesday.

In a report to the 12th People's Congress of Hebei, the finance department said Hebei will be given 2.62 billion yuan as both a reward and a subsidy for its efforts last year to contain the development of polluting industries and develop greener industries.