"2023 is the first year that China s national average PM2.5 level has increased year-on-year since the beginning of China s war on pollution in 2013," a study by independent research organisation the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said.
‘Establishing the new before abolishing the old’ will help guide Beijing’s policy drive and problem-solving efforts, including its attempts to curb mounting local-level debt and other economic problems.