Beijing Clears Streets and Closes Factories for APEC

(Beijing) – Neighboring provinces and cities near Beijing have issued driving bans and shuttered factories temporarily as part of major efforts to improve air quality during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings.

Beijing is playing host to the APEC conference which will run from November 5 to 11. China was last host country to the APEC summit in 2001, which took place in Shanghai.