Data map: The city has suffered severe air pollution.

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  China News Agency, Beijing, January 15 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) On the 15th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China announced the 2020 air quality rankings of China's key cities. Anyang, Henan, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, and Taiyuan, Shanxi are among the top 3 cities in the country with the worst air quality.

  The Ministry of Ecology and Environment reported on the national environmental air quality status that from January to December 2020, among the 168 key cities, the air quality in Anyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Handan, Linfen, Zibo, Xingtai, Hebi, Jiaozuo, etc. was relatively better. Poor; Haikou, Lhasa, Zhoushan, Xiamen, Huangshan, Shenzhen, Lishui, Fuzhou, Huizhou, Guiyang and other cities have relatively good air quality.

  From January to December 2020, the average number of good days in "2+26" cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas was 63.5%, an increase of 10.4% year-on-year; PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) concentration was 51 micrograms per cubic meter, year-on-year A decrease of 10.5%.

In the same period, the proportion of good days in Beijing was 75.4%, an increase of 9.6 percentage points year-on-year; the PM2.5 concentration was 38 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 9.5%

  In 2020, the average number of good days in 337 cities at prefecture-level and above in the country is 87.0%, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year; the average concentration of PM2.5 is 33 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 8.3%; the average concentration of PM10 (inhalable particulate matter) It was 56 micrograms per cubic meter, down 11.1% year-on-year; the average concentration of sulfur dioxide was 10 micrograms per cubic meter, down 9.1% year-on-year.

  Sun Jinlong, secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, recently pointed out that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, pollution prevention and control efforts in various regions and departments have increased, the ecological environment has improved significantly, and solid steps have been taken in the construction of a beautiful China.

At the same time, it should be noted that the structural, root causes, and trend pressures of China's ecological environmental protection have not yet been fundamentally alleviated, and ecological environmental protection has a long way to go.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we must continue to promote environmental governance, continue to improve environmental quality, and provide the people with more high-quality ecological products.

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