Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China.
School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China.
Nat Commun. 2020 Mar 19;11(1):1462. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15319-4.
Air pollution kills nearly 1 million people per year in China. In response, the Chinese government implemented the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) from 2013 to 2017 which had a significant impact on reducing PM concentration. However, the health benefits of the APPCAP are not well understood. Here we examine the spatiotemporal dynamics of annual deaths attributable to PM pollution (DAPP) in China and the contribution from the APPCAP using decomposition analysis. Despite a 36.1% increase in DAPP from 2000 to 2017, The APPCAP-induced improvement in air quality achieved substantial health benefits, with the DAPP in 2017 reduced by 64 thousand (6.8%) compared to 2013. However, the policy is unlikely to result in further major reductions in DAPP and more ambitious policies are required to reduce the health impacts of air pollution by 2030 and meet the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 3.
空气污染每年导致中国近 100 万人死亡。为此，中国政府于 2013 年至 2017 年实施了《大气污染防治行动计划》（APPCAP），这对降低 PM 浓度产生了重大影响。然而，APPCAP 的健康益处尚不清楚。在这里，我们使用分解分析研究了中国归因于 PM 污染的年死亡人数（DAPP）的时空动态及其对 APPCAP 的贡献。尽管 2000 年至 2017 年 DAPP 增加了 36.1%，但空气质量的改善带来了显著的健康益处，与 2013 年相比，2017 年的 DAPP 减少了 6.4 万（6.8%）。然而，该政策不太可能导致 DAPP 的进一步大幅减少，需要采取更具雄心的政策，以减少 2030 年空气污染对健康的影响，实现联合国可持续发展目标 3。
