The Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region recently approved the Regulation of Urumchi Municipality on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution.

The Regulation provides for issues including the supervision and administration of the prevention and control of air pollution, the prevention and control of air pollution caused by highly polluting fuel, the prevention and control of pollution caused by exhaust from vehicles, dust, lampblack, waste gas and disgusting stink, and the legal liability.