Health Benefit Assessment of China's National Action Plan on Air Pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Area

To evaluate the effect of China's National Action Plan on Air Pollution (NAPAP), we assessed the health benefits of PM_(2.5) remediation under the NAPAP from 2013 to 2017 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) area using a relative risk model with real PM_(2.5) monitoring data and recent statistical research data. The results revealed that the PM_(2.5) concentration in the BTH area decreased by 36 μg m^(-3) (34.0%) under the NAPAP. PM_(2.5)-related mortality resulting from all causes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and lung cancer decreased to 58.1-65.2% of that in 2013; 102,133 PM_(2.5)-related deaths were avoided, indicating a greater efficacy than the U.S. Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. These results demonstrated that the NAPAP is effective and can be used by other countries as a reference in enacting similar statutes.