The Ministry of environmental protection: 74 major cities air quality standards | 4.1%| air quality of air per cent success rate _ news

People's daily Beijing, June 4 this morning, the Office holds press conference on situation of our country's environmental quality. Deputy Minister of environmental protection Li Ganjie said, overall, the current national environmental quality situation improves, but the situation of the ecological environment is still grim. Judging from the urban ambient air quality, 74 new standards for monitoring the implementation of the first phase of urban ambient air quality standards the city compared to 4.1%.

Li Ganjie said that under the new ambient air quality standards (GB 3095-2012) for SO2, NO2, PM10, PM2.5, CO and O3 pollution assessment, 74 new standards for monitoring the implementation of the first phase of urban ambient air quality standards the city compared to 4.1%, other 256 municipalities to implement air quality and old standards, reaching the city for 69.5%. Acid rain distribution mainly concentrated in areas along the Yangtze River and South of the middle and lower reaches of the region, acid rain area covers a land area of 10.6%.

(Edit: SN091)10:36 June 04, 2014 People's daily online