Public weighs in on environmental success

Residents of Shanxi province's Datong and of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's Hezhou are least satisfied with local environmental protection efforts, a report from the country's environmental watchdog said yesterday.

More than 90 percent of residents in Shandong province's cities of Linyi, Dongyin, Rizhao and Yantai, and Heilongjiang province's Daqing and Heihe cities believed local governments are doing a good job of improving the environment.

It was the first time for the public satisfaction survey to be included in the Ministry of Environment Protection's (MEP)'s annual report assessing Chinese cities' environmental management.