Beijing will shut down 2,500 small and polluting firms in 2016 in its latest environmental protection efforts, said the municipal Government.
The Fengtai, Fangshan, Tongzhou and Daxing districts will close 2,500 small and polluting enterprises in 2016 while the whole city will finish the task in 2017, Xinhua reported.
Structural adjustment in recent years has led to a dramatic fall in heavily polluting and high energy-consuming companies in Beijing.