A spike in air pollution in China in the first quarter of this year was driven by industrial recovery along with unusually warm weather, a government official said.
Rising industrial output and the pursuit of economic growth in some regions caused a jump in air emissions, said Liu Bingjiang, an official at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE).
The consumption of gasoline and diesel also returned to normal levels after China scrapped its "zero-COVID" restrictions at the end . . .
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