中國上半年的城市空氣質量有所好轉
China’s urban air quality improves in first half of year
中國上半年的城市空氣質量有所好轉
BEIJING: Air quality in China’s largest cities continued to improve during the first six months of 2016, the country’s environment ministry said on Sunday.
中國環保部門週日表示，2016年前6個月裏，中國最大城市的空氣質量持續好轉。
China’s largest 338 cities enjoyed more clean air days in the first half compared with the same period of 2015, the ministry said on its website. It said 76.7 percent of January-June days had clean air, an increase of four percentage points from a year earlier.
跟2015年同期相比，今年上半年中國最大的338個城市享受着空氣更清潔的日子。上半年，76.7%城市的空氣是清潔的，同比去年增加了4個百分點。
In the capital Beijing, levels of PM 2.5 – dangerous tiny pollutants – fell 17.9 percent from a year earlier, the ministry said.
在首都北京，PM2.5污染水平比一年前下降了17.9%。
The ministry did not provide reasons for the improvement in air quality, but it follows increased measures to crack down on polluters and coal use, as well as efforts to tackle overcapacity in the heavily polluting steel sector. A slowdown in economic growth has also likely contributed.
環保部並未給出空氣質量改善的原因，不過說會採取措施打擊污染源和煤炭使用，以及努力解決污染嚴重的鋼鐵行業的產能過剩問題。另外，經濟增速放緩可能也有所貢獻。
