Group lauds success with air pollution

Effective controls in most of the 161 Chinese cities measured bring significant improvements

Effective pollution controls adopted in 161 major Chinese cities have greatly improved air quality, a green organization said on Monday.

Of the cities, 90 percent have reached their goals, and 14 have managed to cut their PM2.5 concentration by over 20 percent, said Fu Lu, head of the China office of Clean Air Asia, an environmental group headquartered in Manila, the Philippines, which released an annual assessment of the government efforts to fight air pollution.