FILE PHOTO: People make their way through heavy smog on an extremely polluted day with red alert issued, in Shengfang, Hebei province, China December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's smog-prone province of Hebei, the country's biggest steel producing region, met a national air quality standard for the first time last month, its environment bureau said on Tuesday.
The heavily industrial province surrounds Beijing and has been on the frontline of a war on pollution since 2014 after toxic smog spread from Hebei to the national capital city.
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