New pollution reduction targets listed

Country on track to meet its green objectives, ministry says

China published new targets for the reduction of major pollutants yesterday as it ran into the final year to realize its green goals.

The country will meet its binding targets to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), the major cause of air pollution, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) - the main indicator of water pollution - by 10 percent from 2005 levels in 2010, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said yesterday.