Haikou cancels fireworks show to avoid pollution   

回应七成网民建议 海口取消2013元宵焰火晚会

17日晚，记者获悉，原定于正月十五元宵节(2月24日)举办的海口市第四届元宵焰火晚会被取消。

Haikou (ECNS) – Haikou's Fourth Lantern Festival Fireworks Show, which was scheduled for Feb. 24, has been canceled, according to local authorities on Sunday.

This year's show was canceled in response to the central government's anti-waste campaign and to avoid harm to environmental quality, the authorities said.

In a recent survey on whether to hold the fireworks show, about 68.7 percent of interviewees agreed to cancel it.