Published on : Thursday, August 7, 2014
Only nine of 161 Chinese cities have attained the new and stricter air quality monitoring standards in the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).
Zhoushan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang, Yunfu, Beihai, Sanya and Lhasa are the cities which reached the standard, the ministry said here Tuesday.
In February 2012, China issued a new air quality monitoring standard which includes the monitoring of ozone, carbon monoxide and PM2.5, plus that of PM10, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.
Of the 166 cities which have not yet implemented the new standard, 105 reached the standard, or 63.3 per cent of the total, a 7.1 percentage point drop compared with the same period of last year.
Cities using the new standard are mainly located in north China’s Hebei Province and neighboring Beijing, Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta in the east, and the Pearl River Delta in the south.
The ministry ranks and publishes the air quality indices of 74 major cities on a monthly basis. Compared with 2013, air quality in the 74 cities has improved.
The days reaching standard on average increased from 58.7 per cent to 60.3 per cent.
Tags: chinese cities, new air quality
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