China is bracing itself for another blanket of smog this weekend after a couple of days of relative respite from the toxic haze.
The problem is getting so bad that senior members of China′s Communist Party will hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to discuss countermeasures.
The latest bout of heavy smog is forecast to hang over the Chinese capital until next Wednesday.
Beijing was on the second highest smog level of ′orange′ throughout November with the exception of a single day.
Readings of tiny poisonous particles， known as PM2 two－point－five， topped 900 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing last week.
That′s almost 40 times the level considered ′safe′ by the World Health Organization.
Vehicle exhaust emissions， coal－fired power generation and winter heating have been blamed for most of the pollution in northern China.
