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China air quality got markedly worse in Jan-Feb - ministry

SHANGHAI, Mar 24 (Reuters) China's air quality was markedly worse in the first two months of the year than the same period of 2016 following a series of smog outbreaks in northern China, official data published today showed.
China says it is winning its "war on pollution" after strengthening legislation, beefing up its monitoring capabilities and cracking down on hundreds of polluting firms, and it said average air quality improved noticeably in 2016.
Environment Minister Chen Jining urged reporters earlier this month to focus on overall trends, which showed China was making rapid progress in its anti-pollution efforts, even though serious problems remained.
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