In the News
January 16, 2019
Life expectancy of Chinese has increased by half a year thanks to improved air quality, according to statistics recently published by the Energy Policy Institute of Chicago University (EPIC).
China’s war on air pollution in recent years has paid off. In2016, concentration of PM2.5 (or particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5mm or less) has dropped by 12 percent compared with 2013, EPIC Director Michael Greenstone told Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.
As part of the global effort to combat air pollution, China’s anti-pollution campaign has added six months to its people’s lives, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by EPIC.