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Study shows how China’s air quality affects its global competitiveness

Only India’s air pollution worse, study of environmental competitiveness shows

Green activists hand out masks to pedestrians on The Bund yesterday to raise awareness of air pollution in downtown Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

China has the second worst air pollution in the world, after India, according to a state think tank's report on global environmental competitiveness.

The report, covering the year 2012 and issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on Thursday, also concluded that China ranked 87th out of 133 countries in overall environmental competitiveness, after evaluating each country's ecological status, environmental management capacity and the balance between economic growth and conservation. The data was compiled using 16 indicators, including air quality.