Air quality improvements and health benefits from China’s clean air action since 2013
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15548271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yixuan Zheng (0000-0002-9505-2828), Yuke Zheng (0009-0008-6338-882X, Tsinghua University), Tao Xue (0000-0002-6591-8141), Xue Tao (0000-0002-7045-2307, Tsinghua University), Qiang Zhang (0000-0003-4613-3100, Tsinghua University, corresponding author), Guannan Geng (0000-0002-1605-8448, Tsinghua University), Dan Tong (0000-0003-3787-0707, Tsinghua University), Xin Li (0000-0002-3425-8566, Tsinghua University), Kebin He (0000-0001-6006-9323, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 114020-114020 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aa8a32 |
| OpenAlex | W2766335895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 33 |
Aggressive emission control measures were taken by the Chinese government after the promulgation of the ‘Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan’ in 2013. Here we evaluated the air quality and health benefits associated with this stringent policy during 2013–2015 by using surface PM _2.5 concentrations estimated from a three-stage data fusion model and cause-specific integrated exposure–response functions. The population-weighted annual mean PM _2.5 concentrations decreased by 21.5% over China during 2013–2015, reducing from 60.5 in 2013 to 47.5 μg m ^−3 in 2015. Subsequently, the national PM _2.5 -attributable mortality decreased from 1.22 million (95% CI: 1.05, 1.37) in 2013 to 1.10 million (95% CI: 0.95, 1.25) in 2015, which is a 9.1% reduction. The limited health benefits compared to air quality improvements are mainly due to the supralinear responses of mortality to PM _2.5 over the high concentration end of the concentration–response functions. Our study affirms the effectiveness of China’s recent air quality policy; however, due to the nonlinear responses of mortality to PM _2.5 variations, current policies should remain in place and more stringent measures should be implemented to protect public health
Action plan · Air pollution · Air quality index · Biology · China · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics · Meteorology · Political science · Promulgation · Public health · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Energy and Environment Impacts · Environmental Science · Medicine
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Rank Correlation Methods
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |