Abstract:At the beginning of 2020, governments around the world implemented lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the restriction of economic activity, industrial production and transport, air pollutant emissions were greatly reduced. Previous studies reported the PM 2.5 concentrations substantially dropped worldwide and in China (
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