Beijing Hopes a 'Green Necklace' Will Help Solve the Chinese Capital's Smog Woes

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Beijing Hopes a 'Green Necklace' Will Help Solve the Chinese Capital's Smog Woes
Ryan Kilpatrick   Mar 23, 2017

The northern Chinese province of Hebei has pledged to ramp up greening efforts in the areas surrounding Beijing, in a bid to solve the Chinese capital's infamous pollution problem.

In a statement published on the Hebei government's website on Thursday, the province pledged to "wear a green necklace for the capital," which is enclosed within its borders but governed separately.

Measures outlined include joining existing green areas together, restoring wetlands, planting trees on industrial wastelands, and using natural features such as rivers, mountain ranges and lakes to create new protective greenbelts around the growing city of 22 million.

Continued: http://time.com/4711992/beijing-china-hebei-smog-greenbelt/