China's Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Wu Xiaoqing said Tuesday in Beijing that foreign embassies' monitoring and issuing of air quality data PM2.5 in China is technically inaccurate and goes against international conventions and Chinese laws, Xinhua reported.

Wu's remarks came in response to some foreign embassies and consulates in China, specifically, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, monitoring local air quality and publishing the results online.

Early this year Beijing began reporting PM2.5.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has ordered 74 cities to apply a more comprehensive air quality monitoring standard and publish daily reports on PM2.5 by the end of this year.

(China.org.cn June 6, 2012)

據新華社報道，周二，環保部副部長吳曉青表示，一些外國駐華使領館監測并發布空氣質量PM2.5數據的做法不嚴謹不規范，也不符合國際公約和中國的相關法規。

吳曉青嚴詞回應了一些外國駐華使領館，尤其是美國大使館和美國駐上海領事館監測并在網上發布空氣質量數據。

今年年初，北京開始發布細顆粒物（PM2.5）數據。

衛生部要求，下半年，全國74個城市將發布包括PM2.5在內的更加完整的空氣質量指數。