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Before 2019, Beijing May Exit 200 Most Polluted Cities List 

Beijing was ranked 122 among the most polluted cities in the world in 2018. 

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Beijing's notoriously bad air quality has improved in recent years and the Chinese capital is expected to drop out of a list of 200 most polluted cities in the world this year, a data provider said Thursday, 12 September.

Beijing “is on track” to reduce PM2.5 -- tiny particles that are the deadliest air pollutants -- by nearly 20 percent this year compared to 2018, Swiss air purification technology company IQAir’s research arm AirVisual said.
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