The central environmental authority and Shanxi provincial government have sent experts to uncover the reasons and provide solutions for reducing the alarmingly high concentration of sulfur dioxide in Linfen, Shanxi province, which has engulfed the northern city for days and raised health concerns.
Five projects which Shanxi participated in were honored with the second prize of the 2016 China State Science and Technology Progress Awards in Beijing on Jan 9.
On Jan 4, Tianjin and Shanxi province signed an agreement on energy, talents, new agriculture, tourism, industrial transformation, and transportation which will advance economic integration in the Bohai Rim region.
A "yuge" rooster sculpture resembling President-elect Donald Trump has recently been erected in Taiyuan, Shanxi, attracting considerable public attention.