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Centralized effort to fight pollution

Source: Xinhua | August 18, 2013, Sunday |

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China is planning a centrally administered effort to control air pollution by documenting goals and responsibilities of provincial governments and evaluating their progress.

This year, pollution control between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province will become fully integrated, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said yesterday.

The ministry said government efforts to curb emissions of major pollutants have so far proven “effective,” even though public complaints over smog and other hazardous weather have kept mounting.

Figures from the ministry show that national emissions of ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide dropped between 2 and 3 percent in the first half of 2013.

In the same period , the ministry rejected or suspended approval for 14 construction projects worth 64 billion yuan (US$10.5b) that failed to meet environmental requirements.

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