China: 96% of coal power capacity meets ultra-low emission standards

TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced that 96% of the country’s coal-fired power capacity and 90% of its steel production capacity have achieved ultra-low emissions, creating the world’s largest clean coal power and steel production systems. In 2025, air quality reached its best on record, with the proportion of good-air days and heavy-pollution days at their best levels since monitoring began.