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The city's environmental protection body said Monday that the plans include stopping all digging and concrete pouring on construction sites from mid-July 20. Nineteen heavy-polluting industries have been told to cut their emissions by 30 percent.
Pollution -- in addition to the violence in Tibet and other human rights issues
-- has been a major concern for China in the lead up to the Olympics.
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