Northeast China’s Liaoning Province is to launch a 10 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) environmental protection plan to fight river pollution with the idea being that polluters will foot the bill.
The three-year plan will focus on controlling and reducing industrial pollutants along the Liaohe River, said Hou Yongshun, a senior engineer from the local environmental protection bureau responsible for the project.
China Daily: Liaoning works to balance environment and development
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 1, 2005
Categories : Environment,Politics