Have you ever paid attention to the Air Quality Index (空气质量指标) or AQI reported in the newspaper? The AQI helps us understand what the air quality around us means to our health. The AQI uses colors, numbers and words to tell us about the air. Let's see what these colors and numbers mean.
Colors |
Numbers |
Health word(s) |
What to do |
Green |
0-50 |
Good |
Just enjoy the clean air! |
Yellow |
51-100 |
Moderate (适中) |
Air quality is fine for most people. |
Orange |
101-150 |
Unhealthy for sensitive groups |
Active children and adults with lung(肺) disease should spend less time outdoors. |
Red |
151-200 |
Unhealthy |
People with lung disease and active kids and adults shouldn't spend too long time outdoors. Everybody else should try to spend less time outside. |
Purple |
201-300 |
Very unhealthy |
People with lung disease and active kids and adults should not spend any time outdoors. Everybody should try not to go outside. |