Animated poster丨China Environment Report 2022: Surface water quality continues to improve

China’s ecological and environmental quality maintained an improving trend in 2022, environmental safety was basically ensured but greater difficulties are expected to sustain the momentum, according to a report from the State Council.

In 2022, China's surface water quality continued to improve. The quality section ratio for surface water I-III registered at 87.9%, up 3.0 percentage points year-on-year; the quality section ratio for level-V water registered at 0.7%, down 0.5 percentage points. Water quality at key river basins needed to be further improved.

Groundwater at Grade I-IV registered a quality point ratio of 77.6%, the proportion inferior to Grade V water registered a quality point ratio of 22.4%, and key pollution sources for groundwater where pollutants exceeded the standard had not been effectively controlled.