Article: Beijing reports, forecasts good air quality

Beijing reports, forecasts good air quality

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic host city reported on Friday Grade I, or excellent, air quality thanks to days of rainfalls, and the China Environmental Monitoring Center (CEMC) forecast the city would also breathe excellent air on Saturday.

CEMC's figures revealed that Beijing's Air Pollution Index (API) showed a reading of 17 on Friday, which fell into Grade I, whose API reading ranges between 1 and 50.

China uses the API system to report the country's air quality. An API reading between 51 and 100, or Grade II, means the air quality is fairly good. An API reading between 101 and 200, or Grade III, entails the air quality is slightly ...

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