China wants to get rid of its worst air pollution by the end of 2025. This plan comes from Li Tianwei, who leads the country’s Department of Atmospheric Environment. The Air is Getting Better China has already made some good progress. In 2024, the tiny harmful particles in the air (called PM2.5) dropped by 2.7%. The proportion of days with good air quality reached 87.2% of the year. Between 2013 and 2020, these harmful particles in the air went down by 40%. That’s a big improvement, but there’s still work to do. Health experts consider air pollution “severe” when these … Continue reading China’s 2025 Plan: Eliminating Severe Air Pollution Amid Coal Dependency