Article: 2nd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Air quality for Olympics Beijing's best in a decade: official

2nd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Air quality for Olympics Beijing's best in a decade: official

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The air quality in Beijing so far this month has been the best for any summer period over the last 10 years -- and within Olympic standards, a city official said on Tuesday.

At a press conference, Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection deputy director Du Shaozhong also said Beijing was fulfilling its commitment on good air quality for the Olympics and pledged that the capital would make more effort after the Games to improve air quality.

BEST RECORD OF AIR QUALITY IN 10 YEARS

"From Aug. 1 to 18, Beijing's air quality was within the standards to host the ...

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