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Article: Beijing registers eighth day of excellent air quality
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 17, 2008
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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.