Abstract: The geographical distribution of the atmospheric environmental resources in China was researched by employing the data of Report on China’s atmospheric environmental resources (2018). Considering the ecological criteria for air pollution control, a proposed boundary Ankang borderline divided China into four parts, namely rich area, general area, relative deprivation area, deprivation area. Where rich area locates southeast of Ankang; general area locates southwest of Ankang; relative deprivation area locates northeast of Ankang; and deprivation area locates northwest of Ankang. With the degradation of criteria for air pollution control, the geographical distribution of the atmospheric environmental resources in China shows a change that relative deprivation area turn into rich area. This rule has an important and practical meaning to the current work on air pollution control.Meanwhile, the issue of hierarchical region management on atmospheric environment, ecological justice and economic equity were discussed too.