Fewer people celebrate Spring Festival with a bang as city calls for cleaner air

Sales of fireworks and firecrackers continued on a downward trend this year, with sales in the capital falling by more than 30 percent, marking the sixth consecutive annual decline since 2012, the city's fireworks authority said on Monday.

The reason for the decline was because residents had responded to the authority's call for a reduction in the usage of fireworks, it said.