Since different optical properties, absorbing aerosols (AA) and scattering aerosols (SA) impact ozone differently via influencing photolysis rates. Notably, studies on the impact of SA have not reached a consistent conclusion, leading to disconfirmation regarding which type of aerosol dominates the impact of aerosols on ozone via influencing photolysis rates. Our results show that, in contrast to the decreasing impact of AA on ozone, SA decrease ozone chemical contribution (CHEM) near surface but increase that aloft, subsequently enhancing the vertical exchange of ozone and resulting the counteraction of the opposite vertical changes in CHEM. Consequently, ozone changed slightly, indicating that AA are the dominant aerosols. Reducing AA leads to ozone increase nonlinearly (ΔO₃). More than 86% of North China Plain could be covered by ΔO₃ when reducing more than 3/4 of AA. More attention should be paid on the balance between ozone and AA in determining synergetic control strategy.