AKIPRESS.COM - China has slapped millions of dollars worth of fines on alleged offenders for violating anti-pollution rules, according to state media.
The move comes as large swaths of the country are blanketed in dangerous, thick smog, reports CNN.
Some 24 cities issued the first "red alerts" for pollution of 2017 on Tuesday, according to Xinhua.
Red alerts are the highest of the four-tiered pollution warning system used by mainland China. Authorities often take steps to limit smog, like banning high-polluting vehicles from the road, when red alerts are in effect.