The city of Haikou in Hainan Province continued to have the cleanest air out of the nation's major cities, while Tangshan in Hebei Province was among the worst polluted.
The central parts of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will see temperatures drop more than 10 C, the center said.
The central government rolled out new measures to revitalize its old industrial base in Northeast China in 2016, and set up a free trade zone in Liaoning last year.
The city has offered funding of 100 million yuan (.8 million) to transform and upgrade its chemical industry, and two high-quality chemical industrial parks are under construction, all of which set high standards in terms of emissions and energy consumption.
The ceremony this week honored 271 projects and nine scientists with national prizes. Two Chinese scientists – explosives expert Wang Zeshan and virologist Hou Yunde – won China's top science awards.
The ceremony, held in the city of Qufu, Confucius' hometown, attracted government officials, UNESCO officials, scholars, students and descendants of Confucius.
东莞排名优化
The central leading groups for deepening overall reform, cyberspace affairs, financial and economic affairs and foreign affairs were upgraded into central committees. Meanwhile, two new central committees for comprehensive law-based governance and auditing were formed. The arrangements have enhanced the Party's leadership over major works as well as its decision-making and coordination abilities.
The city officials urged a thorough safety overhaul of illegally operated business venues and houses leased for group tenants in Beijing.Owners of the properties should be held responsible for the house safety.
The city has long wanted to build itself into a global shopping hub. Officials say the city has the second biggest presence of cross-border retailers in the country, a presence by 90 percent of international high-end brands and the highest number of debut stores and flagship stores in China.
The city has established an industry investment fund with registered capital of 5 billion yuan, in addition to number of secondary funds, to support innovative new companies.