article_snippet: A city in southern China has banned any new restaurants from making one of the region's most popular dishes in a bid to control A city in southern China rising air pollution problem.
article_snippet: Local officials have decided to stop licensing new firewood chicken restaurants and ordered existing premises to burn a more environmentally friendly fuel, according to the People's Daily Online.
article_snippet: Officials in China have banned restaurants from making firewood chicken because Officials in China believe burning lots of firewood to create the dish releases too many pollutants into the already smog-filled air in cities .
article_snippet: A spokesman for Xishan District Environmental Protection Bureau said 'No new applications for firewood chicken restaurants are being accepted and this has been the case for almost a year already. '
article_snippet: Many entrepreneurs have recently tried to open firewood chicken restaurants but we have rejected Many entrepreneurs.'
article_snippet: A spokesman for Xishan District Environmental Protection Bureau added that restaurants which had opened in the last year and were awaiting approval were operating illegally.
article_snippet: Existing restaurants will now be required to use more environmentally friendly fuels, such as charcoal.
article_snippet: The cooking process of firewood chicken comes under the new restrictions.
article_snippet: Some restaurants in Kunming have already opted for more environmentally friendly options, with one restaurant in Guannan Road using the greener charcoal option.
highlights_snippet: The city of Kunming has stopped granting licenses to new restaurants serving ‘firewood chicken’
  
highlights_snippet: Officials have instructed existing premises to use different fuel for The popular dish .
  
highlights_snippet: The ban is understood as local government’s attempt to improve air quality .