In its five-year action plan, China's State Council pledged to reduce the level of airborne particulate matter by at least 10% in major cities by 2017.

In response, many Chinese people have taken measures into their own hands. Face masks have become a fashion statement; air purifier sales have spiked. An elementary school in north China’s Shijiazhuang, one of the country’s most polluted cities, has begun teaching its students a smog-defying aerobics routine involving acupuncture points associated with respiratory health.

Last week, a hospital in the southwestern Chinese city Chengdu opened a “smog clinic” to treat air pollution-related ailments such as coughs and asthma; it has been treating roughly a dozen patients a day. "We should not fear smog. It's preventable and curable," says a banner hung by its entrance.

中国治理空气污染行动在2013到2017年间将耗资1.75万亿人民币，一位环保高级官员预测。

中国环境规划院副院长王金南说，中国政府九月宣布的治理污染“行动计划”中提到的投资“将拉动GDP增长近2万亿，并增加就业岗位逾200万个。”中国新华社报道。

投资总数将超过大多数国家（如芬兰，以色列和葡萄牙）2017年的国内生产总值。

新华社引用王金南的话说：“36.7%的投资（约6400亿元）将用于污染治理产业，4900亿元（28.2%）用于清洁能源开发，治理机动车造成的污染将耗资2100亿元。”

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