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Increased funding needed to monitor air quality: experts

By Wu Wencong | China Daily | Updated: 2013-10-08 07:16

Establishing a long-term system to guarantee funding for air quality monitoring will show China's resolve to fight pollution, environmental officials and experts say.

In a national action plan to combat airborne pollution released on Sept 12, all 338 provincial-level cities are required to start monitoring six airborne pollutants, including PM2.5 - fine particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter that can cross the membranes of the lungs - and release the readings by the end of 2015.

Seventy-four cities have started the preparatory work as required since Jan 1, and another 116 are expected to follow suit by the end of this year.

Increased funding needed to monitor air quality: experts

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