The Great Inflatable Dome of China: 50m-high bubble blocks dust and noise from construction site

A giant inflatable dome has been erected over a worksite in Jinan in eastern China. - Photo: Mao Ning Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson/Facebook

BEIJING: Who says construction can’t be clean or stylish? A giant inflatable dome has been erected over a construction site in eastern China, in what may be the country’s puffiest solution yet to keeping dust and noise pollution down.

Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, shared in a Facebook post on July 2 that Jinan in eastern China has introduced a 50m-high inflatable dome covering 20,000 sq m, which is reportedly the largest of its kind worldwide.