Air quality efforts lauded

By Zheng Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2012-03-03 07:57

Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection, talks to reporters at a news conference in Beijing on Friday. Wu said revised air quality standards, including an index for particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, will be adopted throughout the country by Jan 1, 2016. Feng Yongbin / China Daily

BEIJING - The government appreciates the environmental protection work done by NGOs and looks forward to further mutual communication and understanding, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Friday.