(Yicai Global) Feb. 11 -- Beijing will issue a yellow alert for heavy air pollution at 4 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve, which falls on today, the city's heavy air pollution emergency headquarters office said yesterday.

The early days of the Spring Festival holiday will see widespread heavy air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and its surrounding areas due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to the China National Environmental Monitoring Center and the city's ecological environment and meteorological departments.

During the period, the city will strictly implement bans on fireworks and firecrackers, suspend outdoor construction work including painting and building demolition, and increase cleaning operations for key roads.

Under China's four-tier warning system for air pollution, red is the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. 

Xinhua