A Chinese government report released on Sunday states that the country's level of pollution has reduced in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2014. Beijing credits its current restrictions on the various sources of pollution as the reason why China's air has become cleaner.

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Xinhua reported that the Ministry of Environmental Protection observed that various pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide have substantially decrease in the first six month of 2015, compared with the same time period in 2014.

The same report also stated that the government has been treating around 175 million tons of sewage waste a day. Paper manufacturers, printers and other related industries have been ordered to improve their waste treatment and to recycle - if possible.

Many power plants are already using coal that is free of sulfur dioxide. Chinese authorities are also embarking on the construction of power plants that depend on gas instead of coal to further reduce the emission of harmful chemicals.

The various pollution control measures implemented by the Chinese government has paid off. Observers have noticed unusual clear blue skies in Beijing since August 20.

The most harmful of the pollutants, PM2.5, was considerably reduced during the two week period that started on August 20. The reduction was achieved by temporarily stopping firms that contributed the worst pollutants and the odd-even scheme of banning cars from the city streets during certain days

Bejing Municipal Environmental head Zhang Dawei said the two weeks of clear skies and clean air in the capital city is almost similar to those enjoyed by residents in other cities such as Singapore.

During the celebration of the 70^th anniversary of the end of the second world war, on September 3, the PM2.5 content in Beijing was at its lowest since 2013 - about 8 micrograms for every cubic meter.

Beijing Research Institute of Environmental Protection assistant director Pan Tao said that the car ban imposed in Beijing was the main factor why PM2.5 was at its lowest. He added that had the government failed to impose the pollution control measures, the pollution of PM2.5 would have been at its highest level instead.

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