China rolls out sweeping measures for APEC

Beijing is ramping up security and taking drastic anti-pollution measures ahead of the arrival of world leaders for the culmination of the APEC summit, deemed the city’s biggest event since the 2008 Olympics
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MEASURES

Security

Pollution

Hotels: Asked to report to police any guests from (1) Xinjiang, (2) Tibet and (3) Qinghai provinces during APEC summit

Beijing

CHINA

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Sunrise Kempinski Hotel, on shores of Yanqi Lake
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HEBEI PROVINCE

Hebei province: Production at over 800 factories suspended and several construction sites closed during APEC

Half of Beijing’s cars banned on alternate days, according to odd/even number plates, from Nov 3-12 

Cargo trains to remove cars of holidaymakers out of Beijing 

Government workers, including teachers, given six-day vacations

BEIJING MUNICIPALITY

Beijing city

Huairou district: Around 1,000 new facial-recognition cameras to cover densely populated areas

Huairou

20km 12 miles

International Airport: People could face jail for flying pet pigeons or kites near airport

HEBEI

Tianjin’s economic and development zone: Switching on of winter heating, powered by burning coal, postponed until after APEC

People banned from registering marriages

Mortuaries forbidden cloth-burning ritual at funerals 

TIANJIN PROVINCE 

Yanqi Lake: APEC venue
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Picture: Associated Press

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