Report: Beijing sets a world model on air quality management

More than 20 years after Beijing began looking to improve air quality in one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the developing world, its successful efforts provide a model for other cities, according to a report released ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly on Saturday.

Research by the UN Environment Programme and the Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau outlines how Beijing's air quality management program has evolved, and makes recommendations for near, medium, and long-term steps that Beijing can take to maintain its momentum toward clean air.

The report, A Review of 20 years' Air Pollution Control in Beijing, was compiled by a UN Environment-led team of international and Chinese experts over two years. It covers 1998 to the end of 2017.