China Daily - The chinese public will be able to view Beijing air-quality monitoring data using the PM2.5 (2.5 micron particle) gauge for the first time, as authorities plan to release it before the Spring Festival holiday begins on Jan 23, an official with Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said Thursday. Inquirer News - China Daily has said that if PM2.5 were used as China’s main standard, only 20 percent of Chinese cities would be rated as having satisfactory air quality, against the current 80 percent.
Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau is now working to increase its number of monitoring substations, as this will allow it to release real-time PM2.5 data by the end of 2012, said Zhao.
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