Beijing and nearby areas are considering a data-sharing network to help solve China's ever-growing dilemma on air pollution.

The network would strengthen coordination and monitoring of vehicle emission to implement emission standards better, Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau official Li Kunsheng said.

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On Thursday, Li described the plan, which aims to contribute to the solution regarding China's air pollution problem, to representatives from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and surrounding towns and cities.

"It is an important move for regional air pollution treatment," he stated.

The network would cover Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, eventually spreading out to the provinces of Shanxi, Shandong and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Those areas have different standards when it comes to emission of new vehicles and road surveillance.

According to records as of the end of July, vehicles in Beijing streets have reached a total of 5.58 million plus 200,000 more slowly passing by the capital every day.

Beijing traffic is known to be a movie-like experience as endless lines of slow-moving vehicles emerge in and out of the thick city smog like apparitions in a suspense film.

While the city upgrades its economic status, many Chinese residents seem to grow fonder of riding their private vehicles rather than going through hell in public transportation.

"To be honest, the more the air is polluted, the more I prefer to drive, as I don't like taking a crowded bus or walking outside in such bad air," subway train operator Gao Fei told the Huffington Post.

More than two decades ago, bikes and non air-polluting cars dominated the streets of Beijing, and it was much less smoggier then.

According to research, car emissions consisting of harmful particles, such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, account for 86 percent of pollutants that plague the capital's atmosphere.

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