China is preparing to shut entire sections of heavynindustry in preparation for this year’s summernOlympics, in a determined bid to clean up localnpollution in its key host cities before and during thengames. Sources returning from a visit to China innFebruary told Platts that government officials havenquietly let major coal-fired power stations, steel millsnand other heavy polluters know that a broad shutdownnorder will be passed down the line 30 days before thenOlympics begin on August 8.
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