Embassies 'break rules' on air-quality measurements

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"The US set their target for PM2.5 at 65 mcg per cu m when they first issued the standard in 1997. It wasn't tightened to 35 mcg per cu m until 2006," Wu said.

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"We set our target at 75 mcg per cu m after considering the standard given by the World Health Organization and the basic conditions of our country," he said. And standards change as countries develop, he added.

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Ma Jun, head of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said he thinks the current target set for China is in accordance with the level of development.

He explained that standards used in some foreign countries are 35 micrograms per cubic meter, but China adopts 75 mcg per cu m as its standard.

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Embassies 'break rules' on air-quality measurements 中国日报网 2012-06-06 10:57

Foreign embassies releasing their own air-quality readings are violating international conventions, an official from the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

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Wu said he believes that environmental standards should be linked to the level of the country's economic development and technology.

2. What is at issue?

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"Technically speaking, the statistics you get from a single monitoring site should not be used to assess the air quality of a whole area," Wu said. "It surely does not represent the overall air quality of a city."

1. What are foreign embassies in Beijing accused of?

Daily average readings of PM2.5 at these cities will be announced to the public by the end of the year.

Article 41 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, states that "without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State."

"As you may have noticed, the daily average readings of PM2.5 in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, published by the local government, are similar to those posted by foreign embassies, but the discrepancy of the results after evaluation is usually marked. That's because they are using standards from their own country to measure air quality in our country, which is obviously unreasonable," Wu said.

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He also emphasized differences in evaluating figures.

2. The monitoring and release of information concerning China's air quality violate Chinese regulations.

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3. Why are the readings so different?

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