The Beijing Municipal Government will continue its efforts to deal with air pollution in 2013, promising that it will replace 1600 coal-burning boilers downtown and the heating systems of 44,000 aging single-story houses with clean-energy sources, said Wang Anshun, the city's acting mayor at the First Plenary Session of the 14th People's Congress of Beijing Municipality on January 22.

Wang said Beijing will carry out over 2000 atmospheric pollution control measures strictly, increase control on PM2.5, take 180,000 substandard cars off the road and promote new energy vehicles in bus station, sanitation and government.

In addition, Beijing will control dust on the construction sites, strengthen the air quality monitoring analysis and release of information.

Beijing municipal public finance will invest 2.06 billion yuan (US$331.2 million) in 2013 to further support energy conservation and emission reduction projects, PM2.5 atmospheric pollutant monitoring and improve the environmental quality. Besides, it will invest 2.14 billion yuan (US$344 million) to support contract energy management, alternative energy automobile operations and energy-saving construction for seismic strengthening, according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance.

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