Actor Li tells UN event Beijing's air quality is getting better

The United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, has been told that Beijing'sair quality is seeing an improvement.

Speaking at the event, which ran over May 23-27, Chinese actor Li Chen, called on people totake a bigger role in the activities to cut air pollution.

Li, who was named environment protection ambassador by the Beijing authorities for the UNevent, also urged people to acquire scientific knowledge about the environment and look atenvironment protection as part of their daily lives.

Speaking to the assembly on Beijing’s environment, Li said: "When I was a kid, Beijing hadblue skies, bright sunshine and clean water… But with the country's unprecedenteddevelopment during the past 30 years, Beijing is seeing problems with its air quality. PM 2.5 isnow the focus for locals."

Li, who has launched a charity project called Run For Blue to raise funds for environmentprotection programs, said that around 70 percent of the money raised will be used to supportChina's young inventors and their environmentally-friendly products, and the remaining 30percent will be spent on projects of the United Nations Environment Program to curb airpollution

Li also promised to use his influence as a celebrity to urge more people to adopt a greenlifestyle.

Li was recently in the news for his role in the reality TV show Running Man.

(CHINADAILY)