Secondary organic aerosol in urban China: A distinct chemical regime for air pollution studies

Ru Jin Huang; Yong Jie Li; Qi Chen; Yanli Zhang; Chunshui Lin; Chak K. Chan; Jian Zhen Yu; Joost de Gouw; Shengrui Tong; Jingkun Jiang; Weigang Wang; Xiang Ding; Xinming Wang; Maofa Ge; Weijian Zhou; Doug Worsnop; Michael Boy; Merete Bilde; Ulrike Dusek; Annmarie G. Carlton; Thorsten Hoffmann; V. Faye McNeill; Marianne Glasius

doi:10.1126/science.adq2840

Secondary organic aerosol in urban China: A distinct chemical regime for air pollution studies

Ru Jin Huang
, Yong Jie Li
, Qi Chen
, Yanli Zhang
, Chunshui Lin
, Chak K. Chan
, Jian Zhen Yu
, Joost de Gouw
, Shengrui Tong
, Jingkun Jiang
, Weigang Wang
, Xiang Ding
, Xinming Wang
, Maofa Ge
, Weijian Zhou
, Doug Worsnop
, Michael Boy
, Merete Bilde
, Ulrike Dusek
, Annmarie G. Carlton

Thorsten Hoffmann, V. Faye McNeill, Marianne Glasius

CAS - Institute of Earth Environment
Xi'an Jiaotong University
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Macau
Peking University
CAS - Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
University of Colorado Boulder
CAS - Institute of Chemistry
Tsinghua University
Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Application
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
University of Helsinki
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
Aarhus University
University of Groningen
University of California at Irvine
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Columbia University

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Abstract

In the past decades, China has witnessed high air pollution associated with rapid economic development, although regulatory efforts have alleviated the situation since 2013. Haze events characterized by high particulate matter (PM) levels in China are not only of enormous magnitude but also represent a distinct chemical regime. Once driven by direct emissions, these high-PM episodes are now more affected by secondary aerosol, especially secondary organic aerosol (sOA). this Review synthesizes the state of the science of sOA formation in urban China, specifically (i) how the dominance of anthropogenic precursors affects sOA formation, (ii) what are the prevailing sOA formation mechanisms, and (iii) how important are the multipollutant and multiphase processes in sOA formation and evolution. We also highlight essential directions for future studies.

Original language	English
Article number	eadq2840
Journal	Science
Volume	389
Issue number	6763
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq2840
State	Published - 28 Aug 2025
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Huang, R. J., Li, Y. J., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., Lin, C., Chan, C. K., Yu, J. Z., de Gouw, J., Tong, S., Jiang, J., Wang, W., Ding, X., Wang, X., Ge, M., Zhou, W., Worsnop, D., Boy, M., Bilde, M., Dusek, U., ... Glasius, M. (2025). Secondary organic aerosol in urban China: A distinct chemical regime for air pollution studies. Science, 389(6763), Article eadq2840. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq2840

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