PM10 was previously used as part of the country's air quality standards before being replaced by the PM2.5 index, which measures finer particles that are considered more hazardous to health than larger ones.
China's atmospheric environmental condition remains arduous, however, as 70 percent of Chinese cities fail to meet the new air quality standards, said Zhao Hualin, head of the MEP Department of Pollution Prevention and Control.
"The starting point of the plan is to improve air quality and resolve the PM2.5 problem, an issue directly related to and most concerned by people," said Zhao, adding its fundamental goal is to protect people's health and ensure their environmental rights and interests
Zhao proposed adding indices for PM2.5, carbon monoxide and ozone in monitoring sites of every city in China.
According to the plan, China will strive to reduce the amount of fine particles and pollutant in the air by strengthening controls over industrial waste treatment and auto emissions.
China will vigorously develop city bus and rail transportation systems and explore ways of regulating vehicle totality and trips, promote upgrading of vehicle fuels, strict emissions of newly-produced cars and eliminate high-emission vehicles.
The plan meted out an "offset measure," stipulating that the newly produced emissions from new projects in a region must be offset by reducing a larger amount of emissions from other projects in the region.
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