The number of provincial capitals failing to meet the standard {set by the Chinese Communist Party itself] rose sharply from six at the end of February to 18 by the end of March, and remained high at 16 through May to August. Non-compliant cities were persistently concentrated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and northeastern provinces.
PM2.5 levels rose year-on-year in 18 provincial capitals in August, compared with only two in May when weather conditions were more favourable. Further air-quality improvements will depend increasingly on structural changes in energy, industry, and transport; otherwise, pollution can rebound quickly when weather turns less favourable …
Sixteen provincial capitals failed to meet the new annual PM2.5 standards
PM2.5 levels rose year-on-year in eighteen provincial capitals in August
Five provincial capitals exceeded the annual ozone limit
Ozone levels rose year-on-year in fifteen provincial capitals in August
Multi-pollutant pressure still concentrated in northern capitals
OP is apparently spreading pro-China and pro-Russian propaganda from disinformation channels, just read their post history.
As the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) says about China’s air quality in 2026,
This is pure propaganda.