Beijing: With average densities of some major pollutants down to their lowest levels in years, China experienced “unimaginable” improvement in air quality in the first quarter of this year, mostly because of decreased production amid the Covid-19 outbreak, an environmental official said.
Liu Bingjiang, head of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s Air Quality Management Department, also said emissions of pollutants had not jumped last month, when many factories resumed production.
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