Photo: ReutersBeijing: 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. On 8 July, the environment ministry said it had fined several state-owned polluters in May for exceeding emission limits. 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% of January-June days had clean air, an increase of four percentage points from a year earlier. China’s largest 338 cities enjoyed more clean air days in the first half compared with the same period of 2015, the environment ministry saidIn the capital Beijing, levels of PM 2.5—dangerous tiny pollutants—fell 17.9% from a year earlier, the ministry said.

Source: Mint July 17, 2016 12:33 UTC