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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Shiran Victoria Shen
Shiran Victoria Shen
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Stanford University, California

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The Political Regulation Wave
A Case of How Local Incentives Systematically Shape Air Quality in China
 , pp. xviii - xx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
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Abbreviations and Units

AbbreviationFull Name
AODaerosol optical depth
APIair pollution index
AQIair quality index
CEMScontinuous emissions monitoring system
COcarbon monoxide
CODchemical oxygen demand
DMSP-OLSGlobal Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System
EIAenvironmental impact assessment
EPAEnvironmental Protection Agency (USA)
EPBEnvironmental Protection Bureau
EVelectric vehicle
FGDflue gas desulfurization
FYPfive-year plan

  • 1996–2000: 9th FYP

  • 2001–2005: 10th FYP

  • 2006–2010: 11th FYP

  • 2011–2015: 12th FYP

  • 2016–2020: 13th FYP

GEOSGoddard Earth Observing System
HEVhybrid electric vehicle
HNO3nitric acid
H2Owater
H2SO4sulfuric acid
INEGIInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography)
Jing-Jin-JiBeijing-Tianjin-Hebei
MEEsee NEPA
MEPsee NEPA
MISRmulti-angle imaging spectroradiometer
MODISmoderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer
NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
NDRCNational Development and Reform Commission
NEPA, SEPA, MEP, MEE

  • between 1988 and 1998: National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)

  • between 1998 and 2008: State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

  • between 2008 and 2017: Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

  • since 2018: Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE)

NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOnitrogen monoxide
NO2nitrogen dioxide
NOxnitrogen oxides (combination of nitrogen monoxide, NO, and nitrogen dioxide, NO2)
NPCNational People’s Congress
O3ozone
OLSordinary least squares
OMIozone monitoring instrument
PBLplanetary boundary layer
Pearl River deltaa region encompassing nine prefectures in Guangdong Province, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Dongguan, and Zhongshan
PMparticulate matter
PM2.5fine particulate matter; particular matter whose aerodynamic diameter is smaller than 2.5 μm
PM10coarse particulate matter; particulate matter whose aerodynamic diameter is smaller than 10 μm
SASACState-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
SeaWiFSsea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor
SEPAsee NEPA
SO2sulfur dioxide
SOEstate-owned enterprise
TCZTwo Control Zones
TECtotal emission control
TEPJFTribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary)
TSPtotal suspended particle
ULEultralow emission
VOCvolatile organic compound
WHOWorld Health Organization
Yangtze River deltaShanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang
UnitDescription
Micrometer (μm)1 μm = 1×10−6m

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