According to the 2003 Urban Noise Environment Quality Report released by Environmental Monitoring Station under China Environmental Protection Administration, the top ten cities enjoying the considerably good environment from noise are Jinan, Yantai, Yinchuan, Xining, Hefei, Qinhuangdao, Ningbo, Urumqi, Shenyang and Guilin

The report is based on a careful monitoring conducted by China Environmental Monitoring Station over the road traffic environmental quality and the regional environmental noise quality of 52 national level cities. Generally speaking, the road traffic noise environment quality is in good and relatively good condition whereas the regional environmental noise quality is mainly in the fairly good condition or lightly polluted.

Except these top ten "Quiet Cities", the top ten cities that have good road traffic noise quality are Luoyang, Nantong, Lhasa, Guilin, Zhuhai, Chongqing, Lianyungang, Hefei, Zhanjiang and Shenyang.

By People's Daily Online