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Olympics - Beijing Economy To Shrug Off Clean Air Push

Beijing's economic growth this year will not be significantly affected by plans to shut factories and limit car use to improve air quality during the Olympics, a statistics official said on Thursday. Yu Xiuqin, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, said the impact would not be great because many large factories had already been moved out of the city and those forced to shut would be able to adjust.