The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced today that it has developed new standards for air quality in Chinese cities.
Out of 161 cities monitored in 2014, 16 met the new standards.
The Ministry also monitored precipitation in 470 cities, regions and counties and found that 29.8% of rain in Chinese cities is acid rain.
The statistics were released in the Ministry’s “2014 China Environmental Bulletin.”
Source: ifeng.com
Warning：The use of any news and articles published on eChinacities.com without written permission from eChinacities.com constitutes copyright infringement, and legal action can be taken.
Keywords: Ministry of Environmental Protection China acid rain china air quality
All comments are subject to moderation by eChinacities.com staff. Because we wish to encourage healthy and productive dialogue we ask that all comments remain polite, free of profanity or name calling, and relevant to the original post and subsequent discussion. Comments will not be deleted because of the viewpoints they express, only if the mode of expression itself is inappropriate.
Please login to add a comment. Click here to login immediately.
This is some piece of journalism! Should I stay tuned for the next article? Is there a sequel? And these 16 cities are?
Jun 07, 2015 09:40 Report Abuse
This is proof the Party's anti pollution strategy is working. Soon many Chinese cities will be on a par with some European metropolises like Paris and London.
Jun 06, 2015 21:25 Report Abuse
What are these so called "new standards" for measuring air quality? The Chinese version of this article is quite detailed. Why do we only get a half arsed translation? Unless these statistics can be backed up with evidence it's simply not true.
Jun 05, 2015 23:15 Report Abuse
30% of rain in China is acid rain?! And that is okay?... because that sounds pretty bad to me. The article mentions it like it ain't no thing!
Jun 05, 2015 20:03 Report Abuse
i read that some place in NZ was upset because they had a week of air in the 50s. but be happy with decent air on average for some cities, China. Well done. "we're somewhat OK in some places! but only if you average it out and use our own safety level standards!" "we're somewhat OK in some places! but only if you average it out and use our own safety level standards!"
Jun 05, 2015 18:56 Report Abuse
Sign up with
Google
(
(