Contaminación en China

La BBC monitoreará los niveles de visibilidad en Pekín antes y después de los Juegos Olímpicos.

China's new anti-pollution measures

Chinese officials say they may take more action to reduce air pollution ahead of the Olympic Games. On some days thick smog is severely reducing visibility.

From the Chinese capital Beijing, our correspondent Daniel Griffiths reports:

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Beijing has brought in a whole range of measures to reduce the city's notorious air pollution ahead of the Olympics. They include removing more than one million cars from the roads of the capital, shutting down polluting factories and closing dusty construction sites.

But so far, those policies don't appear to be working. For the fourth day in a row, there is a thick layer of grey smog hanging over Beijing.

Now some officials are suggesting they might take more drastic action to improve air quality, including banning 90 per cent of all private cars from the streets of Beijing.

So far those plans haven't been implemented but with less than two weeks to the Olympics, Beijing hasn't got much time to get rid of the smog.

Daniel Griffiths, BBC News, Beijing

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brought in a whole range of measures
(Pekín ha) introducido una gama de medidas

notorious air pollution
la bien conocida contaminación de aire

removing
quitar (arriba de un millón de automóviles de las calles)

dusty construction sites
obras o áreas de construcción polvorientas

appear
(no) parecen (estar funcionando)

For the fourth day in a row
Por el cuarto día consecutivo

a thick layer of grey smog
una densa capa de niebla tóxica y grisácea

drastic action
medidas drásticas

implemented
(los planes no han sido) aplicados

to get rid of
para deshacerse de

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