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Article: Beijing fulfilling its commitment on air quality for Olympics: official
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 19, 2008
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Beijing fulfilling its commitment on air quality for Olympics:
official
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- As the city's air quality had all
reached the standards to host the Olympics in all 18 days of August
before Tuesday, the Chinese capital was making strides in fulfilling
its commitment on good air quality for the Games, a Beijing official
said.
"In the 18 days between Aug. 1 and Aug. 18, Beijing's air quality
was within the standards to host the Olympics. Of the 18 days,
Beijing reported Grade I air quality in nine days, and in the other
nine days, the city's air quality was Grade II," deputy director of
the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection Du
Shaozhong told a press ...