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Trees & air quality in China
How much tree cover China's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 24.0%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- ChinaAQI 187
5 cities in China
Beijing
2 km around China
Tree cover
13%
82.0K
trees needed
to reach 40%
Shanghai
2 km around Huangpu
Tree cover
27%
9.5K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Chongqing
2 km around Yuzhong District
Tree cover
24%
15.4K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Chengdu
2 km around Luomashi
Tree cover
15%
62.4K
trees needed
to reach 35%
Guangzhou
2 km radius
China as a whole
24.0% of China was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 56.0B trees across 56.0M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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