From Xinhua:
China’s State Council has approved in principle a five-year environmental protection plan that sets out guidelines, major tasks and measures for the government to tackle pollution.
The plan, approved during an executive meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, has put “pollution control and prevention” as its focus with the aim of achieving the environmental protection targets set by the government last year.
The government set goals in its five-year plan to reduce energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 percent and major pollutant discharges by 10 percent in the 11th five-year plan period ending 2010. [Full Text]
