Hebei Province issues second level smog alert from November 22

State-owned China Nation Radio (CNR) reported that China’s top steelmaking province Hebei issued second-level smog alerts to its 10 cities, effective from November 22 as the provincial environmental bureau expects a wave of air pollution from Nov 24 to 27. Heavy industry in the province will have to enforce emergency measures, including cutting output and reducing material transportation, during the alerts. Cities were asked to increase the supervision of their emergency measures and will be allowed to lift the alert when air quality shows improvement