Editing Tianjin (section)

===Measures to improve air quality===
In May 2014, the city's administration enacted new laws in an attempt to lower the city's pollution levels. These measures included several methods to restrict pollution on days when is severe, such as by halving the number of vehicles allowed on roads, halting construction and manufacturing activity, closing schools, and halting large-scale outdoor activities.<ref name = "Pollution" >
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| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-pollution-idUSKBN0DZ19O20140519
| title = China's Tianjin to restrict vehicle use to curb pollution
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| access-date = October 14, 2010
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| archive-date = September 24, 2015
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{{Clear}} In the past, flights have also been grounded and highways have been closed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-tianjin-idUSKBN1470C4|title=Highways shut, flights grounded as smog blankets China's Tianjin|newspaper=Reuters|date=December 18, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004134600/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-tianjin-idUSKBN1470C4|url-status=live}}</ref>

Foreign-born professional sportsmen have made statements regarding Tianjin's air quality, citing it as an impediment to athletic activity and being thick enough to "taste".<ref name="Pollution and sports">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/paartalu-airs-player-concerns-about-smoggy-china
 |title        = Paartalu Airs Player Concerns about Smoggy China
 |access-date   = October 14, 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027013835/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/paartalu-airs-player-concerns-about-smoggy-china
 |archive-date = October 27, 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref>
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