Beijing cuts city smog by more than 17% in 2019

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Beijing has been on the frontlines of China's war on pollution that was launched in 2014.

BEIJING - Chinese capital city Beijing cut smog levels in its metropolitan area by more than 17% in 2019 after five years of an anti-pollution campaign, data from its environmental authority showed on Friday.

That was down 17.65% from an average 51 micrograms per cubic metre in 2018, but still above China's official air quality standard of 35 micrograms per cubic metre - and more than four times higher than the World Health Organization's annual PM2.5 concentration guideline of 10 micrograms per cubic metre.

 

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