In 2025, Beijing handed over an impressive “blue sky report card”: in 2025, the average annual concentration of fine particulate matter fell below “30 micrograms per cubic meter” for the first time since monitoring, and was 27.0 micrograms per cubic meter. Many indicators reached the best level since monitoring. Heavy pollution was basically eliminated on a daily basis, and air quality was fully met. This is what the reporter learned from a press conference on Beijing's air quality situation on January 4.

In 2025, Beijing handed over an impressive “blue sky report card”: in 2025, the average annual concentration of fine particulate matter fell below “30 micrograms per cubic meter” for the first time since monitoring, and was 27.0 micrograms per cubic meter. Many indicators reached the best level since monitoring. Heavy pollution was basically eliminated on a daily basis, and air quality was fully met. This is what the reporter learned from a press conference on Beijing's air quality situation on January 4.