in Beijing that means air pollution in the capital as at critical levels

den small have pushed pollution to nearly

18 times the World Health Organization's guideline the most

vulnerable have been advised day in

doors low-cost on and Rob McBride is life rise Anton Chan

and had a at a major industrial area and have a problem

outside the capital beijing's just how bad

is it their all

it has been a a long hard week all that smokers you said that pollution levels

yeah in beijing have been above 300 on the air quality index not

it put that contact below 50 is considered a safe level about pollution

beijing has been consistently about 300 in the past 24 hours

it is just touched upon 500 artifact in her Bay province where we are now

outside the Beijing

it is a big center poor up

the provincial capital here has recorded nine hundred

which is hazardous times three I with those kinda levels people have been

advised

I to stay indoors the government has been taking various factions they've

been sending out

teams have inspectors to neighboring properties sexual

tap controls are being kept up

it has to be said though it has done little to dislodge this

high level up pollution people are now looking after a week at this pollution

to a change in the weather to give them some relief I we are told that by this

evening local time

West Britain's finally with Jeff people here on home

ship this languages small have it has to be said it's not a great state of

affairs when the

capital city of the world's second-biggest economy passed away to

rely upon a change in the weather

with two be able to we from listen absolutely thank you very much for that

droplets cost now to accost voluntary force it who's

and salt rice a Harry no coincidence that a sol

has been experiencing bad a quality at the same time as China

that's right I'm standing about

800 kilometers away from where Rob is and we're breathing pretty much

the same kinda stuff the so much pulled some government has its own air quality

monitoring stations they say that the levels of PM 2.5

the the ultra-fine particles which is so damaging to human health

account YouTube out seventy-eights micrograms per cubic meter

that's more than three times the World Health Organization's

safe limit in terms of daily exposure and the government here in seoul says

30 to 50 percent a soul's air quality problems come from outside the borders

a South Korea essentially that means China Meteorological Agency saying on

extremely bad days

eighty percent the problem comes from China so

trying to tackle this means really trying to coordinate with

with authorities elsewhere in the region and that's what the Seoul government

wants to do it wants to sign a memorandum of understanding

with its opposite numbers in Beijing expected to come next month

the information sharing best practice sharing even officials will go back and

forth

they want to create a forum where officials from around the region

can get together and trying to discuss ways a tackling this problem

because it really does extend far beyond the the jurisdiction if anyone

government

in the meantime there upping the amounts ive monitoring stations

they're installing CCTV cameras in the island's

in the West see that the Sea to the west the Korean Peninsula through these try

and give

early warning to the when bad air is on his way from China

thank you very much for that Harry that how I force it

and soul and our correspondent Rob McBride Anton Chan

have a province and China thank you bud