CHINA-CLIMATE: BEIJING MEETS ALL NATIONAL AIR-QUALITY STANDARDS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2013
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The Wall Street Journal (January 5) reported that Yu Jianhua, deputy head of Beijing Municipality's
Environmental Protection Bureau, said at a press briefing in Beijing on January 4 that Beijing met all national
air-quality standards for the first time since targets were set in 2013 in preparation for next month’s Winter
Olympics. Yu Jianhua said the average concentration of fine particulate pollution, known as PM2.5, fell by
13% compared with a year earlier and 63% compared with 2013 levels.
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