Article: Beijing registers eighth day of excellent air quality

Beijing registers eighth day of excellent air quality

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported this month's eighth day of excellent air quality on Sunday, which provided a favorable weather condition for ongoing Olympic events.

Figures released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center indicated that Beijing's Air Pollution Index (API) on Sunday showed a reading of 43, within the Grade I, or excellent, range of 1-50.

The figure was higher than the API reading of 23 on Saturday.

This is a new summer record over the past ten years, when July 2006 registered five days of excellent air quality. Last August, only two days reported excellent air quality.

In the other nine days, the ...

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