Across China: Inner Mongolia

Water up to standard

Tap water supply was resumed Sunday night in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, nine days after it was cut off due to contamination, local officials said.

Water samples were tested from 18 communities in Chifeng's new city center, where more than 4,200 people were sickened as rainwater contaminated the water after a storm on July 23, said Gao Xihua, deputy secretary-general of the government.