Air pollution worsens in 74 cities  

环保部：5月74个城市重度污染和严重污染比例增加

据环境保护部网站消息，环境保护部近日发布的5月份重点区域和74个城市空气质量状况显示，5月份，74个城市平均达标天数比例为60.1%，超标天数比例为39.9%。与上月相比，74个城市达标天数比例降低3.4个百分点，重度污染和严重污染比例增加0.2个百分点。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) — Monitoring results on air quality indicate that days with up-to-standard air quality in 74 Chinese cities accounted for 60.1 percent in May, down 3.4 percentage points from the previous month, according to information released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Wednesday.

Days of substandard air quality accounted for 39.9 percent, including 29.4 percent of days with slight pollution, 8.3 percent with medium pollution, 2.1 percent with heavy pollution and 0.1 percent with severe pollution.

Primary pollutants were PM2.5, PM10 and O3, which exceeded the standard by 20.3 percent, 17.5 percent and 30.4 percent on average, respectively.

According to a comprehensive index assessment of air quality, cities with heavy air pollution include Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Xingtai, Handan, Jinan, Baoding, Zhengzhou, Beijing, Hengshui and Tianjin, while cities posting better air quality were Haikou, Huizhou, Fuzhou, Zhuhai, Zhoushan, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Jiangmen, Dongguan and Xiamen.