Air pollution in China is still getting worse

Reporters in China lead the July 19 statistics of the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) in the first 6 months of this year, the number of 'fresh air' in many Chinese cities continues. continued to decline, in which Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region faced more serious air pollution.

The percentage of days with good or very good air quality in the first half of the year in 338 cities monitored by MEP was 74.1%, down 2.6% over the same period last year. The density of PM2.5 contaminated particles remained unchanged from a year ago, while the density of PM10 particles only decreased by 2.2%.

The density of PM2.5 and PM10 pollutant particles in the air increased sharply.

Air quality in 13 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region ranked good or very good only at 50.7% of the total number of days in the first half of this year, down 7.1% compared to with the same period last year. Even in June, this rate was only 34.1%, down 14.2%.

The density of PM2.5 and PM10 pollutant particles in the air increased sharply with the rate of 14.3% and 13.2%, respectively. These are figures showing that the air quality in the region continues to decline seriously.

Of China's 74 major cities, Haikou, in Hainan Province, has the best air quality, while Handan, in Hebei Province, is the city with the worst air quality all over. country.

The trend of serious deterioration of air quality in China continues to take place despite efforts by the government of the country to aggressively handle polluting activities.

In the first 6 months of this year, Chinese authorities investigated and handled 17,169 cases of violating environmental protection laws and regulations.