 
 
 
| 12-8 Ambient Air Quality in Major Cities (2005) | ||||
| (milligram/cu.m) | ||||
| City | ||||
| Paticulate | Sulphur | Nitrogen | Days of Air Quality | |
| Matters | Dioxide | Dioxide | Equal to or Above | |
| Grade II (days) | ||||
| Beijing | 0.141 | 0.050 | 0.066 | 234 | 
| Tianjin | 0.106 | 0.076 | 0.047 | 298 | 
| Shijiazhuang | 0.132 | 0.054 | 0.041 | 283 | 
| Taiyuan | 0.139 | 0.077 | 0.020 | 245 | 
| Hohhot | 0.097 | 0.050 | 0.041 | 312 | 
| Shenyang | 0.118 | 0.054 | 0.036 | 317 | 
| Changchun | 0.099 | 0.026 | 0.035 | 340 | 
| Harbin | 0.104 | 0.042 | 0.056 | 301 | 
| Shanghai | 0.088 | 0.061 | 0.061 | 322 | 
| Nanjing | 0.110 | 0.052 | 0.054 | 304 | 
| Hangzhou | 0.112 | 0.060 | 0.058 | 301 | 
| Hefei | 0.095 | 0.018 | 0.025 | 329 | 
| Fuzhou | 0.072 | 0.016 | 0.042 | 349 | 
| Nanchang | 0.089 | 0.050 | 0.031 | 339 | 
| Jinan | 0.128 | 0.060 | 0.024 | 262 | 
| Zhengzhou | 0.109 | 0.059 | 0.039 | 300 | 
| Wuhan | 0.119 | 0.054 | 0.050 | 271 | 
| Changsha | 0.122 | 0.081 | 0.036 | 245 | 
| Guangzhou | 0.088 | 0.053 | 0.068 | 332 | 
| Nanning | 0.067 | 0.058 | 0.038 | 354 | 
| Haikou | 0.040 | 0.012 | 0.015 | 365 | 
| Chongqing | 0.120 | 0.073 | 0.048 | 267 | 
| Chengdu | 0.125 | 0.077 | 0.052 | 293 | 
| Guiyang | 0.076 | 0.063 | 0.013 | 343 | 
| Kunming | 0.082 | 0.055 | 0.038 | 363 | 
| Lhasa | 0.070 | 0.010 | 0.025 | 358 | 
| Xi'an | 0.129 | 0.044 | 0.032 | 291 | 
| Lanzhou | 0.158 | 0.068 | 0.037 | 238 | 
| Xining | 0.114 | 0.029 | 0.026 | 306 | 
| Yinchuan | 0.090 | 0.054 | 0.025 | 323 | 
| Urumqi | 0.114 | 0.116 | 0.056 | 256 |