Jilin province boasts a more livable environment, with its air quality continuing to improve. [Photo/Jilin news network]

Northeast China's Jilin province is becoming ever more livable, with its air quality continuing to go from strength to strength, according to local media reports.

In July and August this year, the proportion of days with good ambient air quality in nine cities at a prefecture-level and above in the province was 100 percent.

During the period, the concentration of key PM2.5 pollution was 11 micrograms per cubic meter, the best level ever recorded for the province.

As of Sept 8 this year, the proportion of days with good ambient air quality in nine cities at a prefecture-level and above in the province was 92.3 percent, while the number of good days was 220, a year-on-year increase of 0.5 percentage points.

The concentration of PM2.5 was 25 micrograms per cu m – a year-on-year decrease of 2 micrograms per cu m – reaching the national secondary air quality standard.

A panoramic view in Jilin province [Photo/Jilin news network]

In recent years, Jilin province has paid close attention to the ban on the burning of straw, as well as the conservation of rivers and lakes.

Meanwhile, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park was officially launched last year. It has historically been home to large numbers of Siberian tigers and Siberian leopards and is the only area with permanent wild populations and breeding families.

The ecological system and environment in the province are said to be continuing to improve, with the region's ecological environment condition index reportedly now having stood at a good level for 18 years in a row.

The province's ecological index stood at 68.62 and the ecological environment status was stable at a good level.