© REUTERS / Aly SongIn recent years thick smog is the price that China has had to pay for being one of the most powerful economies in the world.
Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015
Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015

In recent years thick smog is the price that China has had to pay for being one of the most powerful economies in the world.
Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015
Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015
© REUTERS / Aly SongAir pollution is becoming a growing concern to the Chinese leadership, even as smog gives a surreal look to the sights in many of the country's cities.
Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015
Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015

Air pollution is becoming a growing concern to the Chinese leadership, even as smog gives a surreal look to the sights in many of the country's cities.
Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015
Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015
© REUTERS / Petar Kujundzic/FilesSmoke rises from the chimney of a steel plant next to residential buildings on a hazy day in Fengnan district of Tangshan, Hebei province. February 18, 2014.

Smoke rises from the chimney of a steel plant next to residential buildings on a hazy day in Fengnan district of Tangshan, Hebei province. February 18, 2014.
© AFP 2023 / Mark RALSTONA Chinese tourists takes a photo while wearing a face mask in Tiananmen Square as heavy air pollution continues to shroud Beijing. February 26, 2014

A Chinese tourists takes a photo while wearing a face mask in Tiananmen Square as heavy air pollution continues to shroud Beijing. February 26, 2014
© AFP 2023 / STRModels wearing surgical masks parade a collection of gold jewelry at a park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. December 7, 2013.

Models wearing surgical masks parade a collection of gold jewelry at a park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. December 7, 2013.
© AFP 2023 / JOHANNES EISELEA worker installs wires on the 109th floor of the Shanghai Tower in front of the smog covered skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. October 16, 2014

A worker installs wires on the 109th floor of the Shanghai Tower in front of the smog covered skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. October 16, 2014
© AP Photo / Andy WongCommuters wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants check their smartphones as they ride on a bus on a hazy night in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.

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Commuters wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants check their smartphones as they ride on a bus on a hazy night in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
© AP Photo / Xinhua, Gong BoPatients help their children to respire atomized liquid medicine at Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital in Xiangyang, east China's Hubei Province. January 14, 2013.

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Patients help their children to respire atomized liquid medicine at Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital in Xiangyang, east China's Hubei Province. January 14, 2013.
© AFP 2023Jilin's skyline in heavy smog, northeast China's Jilin province. January 29, 2013.

Jilin's skyline in heavy smog, northeast China's Jilin province. January 29, 2013.
© AP Photo / Andy WongA woman wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants walks out from an underground tunnel against a backdrop of the city skylines shrouded by haze in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.

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A woman wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants walks out from an underground tunnel against a backdrop of the city skylines shrouded by haze in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
© AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan, FileChildren walk back home after school on a severely polluted day in Shijiazhuang, in northern China's Hebei province. February 26, 2014.

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Children walk back home after school on a severely polluted day in Shijiazhuang, in northern China's Hebei province. February 26, 2014.