[HTML][HTML] Progress of air pollution control in China and its challenges and opportunities in the ecological civilization era

X Lu, S Zhang, J **ng, Y Wang, W Chen, D Ding, Y Wu… - Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
China's past economic growth has substantially relied on fossil fuels, causing serious air
pollution issues. Decoupling economic growth and pollution has become the focus in …

Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …

Anthropogenic drivers of 2013–2017 trends in summer surface ozone in China

K Li, DJ Jacob, H Liao, L Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Observations of surface ozone available from∼ 1,000 sites across China for the past 5 years
(2013–2017) show severe summertime pollution and regionally variable trends. We resolve …

Dominant role of emission reduction in PM air quality improvement in Bei**g during 2013–2017: a model-based decomposition analysis

J Cheng, J Su, T Cui, X Li, X Dong, F Sun… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
In 2013, China's government published the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan
(APPCAP) with a specific target for Bei**g, which aims to reduce annual mean PM2. 5 …

A chemical cocktail during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bei**g, China: Insights from six-year aerosol particle composition measurements during the Chinese New Year …

Y Sun, L Lei, W Zhou, C Chen, Y He, J Sun, Z Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapidly spread coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has limited people's outdoor activities
and hence caused substantial reductions in anthropogenic emissions around the world …

Significant reductions in secondary aerosols after the three-year action plan in Bei**g summer

Y Li, L Lei, J Sun, Y Gao, P Wang, S Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Air quality in China has continuously improved during the Three-Year Action Plan (2018–
2020); however, the changes in aerosol composition, properties, and sources in Bei**g …

Nitrate dominates the chemical composition of PM2. 5 during haze event in Bei**g, China

Q Xu, S Wang, J Jiang, N Bhattarai, X Li… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water-soluble inorganic ions (WSI), a major component of PM 2.5, often increased rapidly
during the haze event in Bei**g. Sulfate (SO 4 2−), Nitrate (NO 3−), and Ammonium (NH 4+) …

Rapid transition in winter aerosol composition in Bei**g from 2014 to 2017: response to clean air actions

H Li, J Cheng, Q Zhang, B Zheng… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The clean air actions implemented by the Chinese government in 2013 have led to
significantly improved air quality in Bei**g. In this work, we combined the in situ …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air pollution in Chinese megacities from the perspective of traffic volume and meteorological factors

C Gao, S Li, M Liu, F Zhang, V Achal, Y Tu… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a widespread lockdown in many
cities in China. In this study, we assessed the impact of changes in human activities on air …

[HTML][HTML] Daytime atmospheric oxidation capacity in four Chinese megacities during the photochemically polluted season: a case study based on box model simulation

Z Tan, K Lu, M Jiang, R Su, H Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric oxidation capacity is the basis for converting freshly emitted substances into
secondary products and is dominated by reactions involving hydroxyl radicals (OH) during …