Eight cities surrounding Beijing and its neighbors Tianjin and Hebei province, were listed on the worst 10 Chinese cities for air quality in February.
Questions are raised over the color-coded alerts that local authorities have issued to signal the level of air pollutions.
A city in Hebei province is closing traditional industries and seeking to attract more environmentally friendly industries, taking advantage of coordination in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Hebei province is using its clean, lush environment to attract people with innovative abilities and money to reside there.
The regional plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area has been submitted to the State Council for approval, and is expected to come out before the end of this year, according to insiders.
Thirty-one years ago, Gao Wenming left his village in mountainous Luanping county to find a job in the brickyards of Beijing's suburbs, only three hours away.
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