Average monthly air quality index of Beijing, China 2016-2017

As of June 2017, the average monthly air quality index in Beijing stood at 40.13, which is within the “Good” range, making it one of the months with better air quality compared to the rest of the year. Air Pollution in BeijingFor years, Beijing has earned a notorious reputation for having air quality detrimental to health. For the same survey period, Beijing has the worst average air quality among other Chinese cities such as Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenyang. The pollution caused by PM2.5 has been worsening since 2008. The air quality was less than good for almost half the year in Beijing back in 2013, which has become the leading environmental concern for Chinese citizens. Causes of air pollution in China and tackling the root causeMuch of the air pollution in China is believed to be heavily associated with the burning of coal, especially in industrial sector, and transportation. With the emergence of the public health concern, the Chinese government also introduced plans to ease the air pollution, including setting targets for fine particulate matter, completion of construction and renovation of pollution control facilities, introducing vehicle control, and renewing the fleet of public buses. The effects of these pollution control measures have just started to show recently, with five of the seven lowest monthly pollution readings in Beijing since 2008 being recorded in the summer of 2017.

截至2017年6月，北京的平均每月空气质量指数为40.13，处于‘良好’区间，使其成为年度中空气质量相对较好的月份之一。多年来，北京因空气质量对健康有害而声名狼藉。在同一调查期间，北京在成都、上海、广州和沈阳等中国其他城市中平均空气质量最差。自2008年以来，PM2.5造成的污染状况日益恶化。2013年，北京有近半年的空气质量不理想，这已成为中国公民最关注的环境问题。中国空气污染的原因及解决根本原因许多中国空气污染被认为与煤炭燃烧密切相关，尤其是在工业领域和交通领域。随着公共卫生问题的凸显，中国政府也推出了减轻空气污染的计划，包括设定细颗粒物目标、完成污染控制设施的建设和改造、实施车辆控制和更新公共汽车车队。这些污染控制措施的效果最近才开始显现，自2008年以来，北京七次最低月污染读数中的五次记录在2017年夏季。