The air quality report for 2016 has been finally issued by The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Friday.
The good news is the density of main pollutants is dropped compared to that of 2015, but the air pollution in winter in the northern parts of China is still very bad.
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Top 10 most polluted Chinese cities
1) Hengshui, Hebei
2) Shijiazhuang, Hebei
3) Baoding, Hebei
4) Xingtai, Hebei
5) Handan, Hebei
6) Tangshan, Hebei
7) Zhengzhou, Henan
8) Xi’an, Shaanxi
9) Jinan, Shandong
10) Taiyuan, Shanxi
The first six cities on the list are located in Hebei province and the others are not so far from Hebei. Among 338 cities, 84 cities’ air quality reached the national standard, 11 more than that in 2015. 78.8% of days had good air quality, 2.1 percentage points higher than the year before. The annual average density of PM2.5, particulate measuring less than 2.5 microns, fell by 6%, reaching 47 micrograms per cubic meter. Severely polluted days accounted for 2.6% of the year, down 0.6 percentage points year on year.
The ten cities with the best air quality are found on the south, southwest, and east coast of the country.
Top 10 least polluted cities
1) Haikou, Hainan
2) Zhoushan, Zhejiang
3) Huizhou, Guangdong
4) Xiamen, Fujian
5) Fuzhou, Fujian
6) Shenzhen, Guangdong
7) Lishui, Zhejiang
8) Zhuhai, Guangdong
9) Kunming, Yunnan
10) Taizhou, Zhejiang
Source: China Daily
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