China News Service, Beijing, May 26 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) Bo Qiuyong, Director of the Department of Eco-Environmental Monitoring of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, stated in Beijing on the 26th that in 2020, 202 out of 337 cities across the country will meet the environmental air quality standards, accounting for Compared with 59.9%, it is an increase of 30.5 percentage points compared with 2015.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "2020 China Ecological Environment Status Bulletin", which shows that in 2020, the national ecological environment quality will continue to improve and improve steadily.
The total discharge of major pollutants has been drastically reduced, and environmental risks have been effectively controlled.
The data shows that in 2020, 202 of the 337 cities at prefecture-level and above in the country will meet the environmental air quality standard, accounting for 59.9%, which is an increase of 30.5 percentage points from 2015; the average number of days with good quality is 87.0%, which is an increase of 5.8 from 2015. Percentage points; the annual average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is 33 micrograms per cubic meter, down 28.3% from 2015, and for the first time lower than the national secondary standard (35 micrograms per cubic meter).
Bai Qiuyong said that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China's ecological environment has been significantly improved. This is the five years that have seen the greatest improvement in the quality of the ecological environment and the best development of ecological environmental protection. The environmental "value" of all parts of the country has generally improved. The sense of attainment, well-being, and security of the ecological environment has been significantly enhanced.
Bai Qiuyong said that at the same time, we must clearly realize that the improvement of China's ecological environment quality is still not stable, and the ecological environmental protection work still has a long way to go.
The air quality in China's cities as a whole has not gotten rid of the “weather-influenced type”. About one-third of the cities in the country still have PM2.5 concentrations that do not meet the national second-level standards. The ozone concentration is fluctuating and rising, and regionally heavily polluted weather processes. happens sometimes.
Bai Qiuyong said that in the next step, focusing on fighting the tough battle of pollution prevention and improving the quality and stability of the ecosystem, the ecological environment monitoring will provide comprehensive and strong support for the work of "reducing carbon and strengthening the ecology", and promote the construction of a beautiful China. Greater results.
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