A new draft law would grant law-enforcement powers to local environmental protection officers, allowing them to deal with pollution in a more effective and timely manner, experts said.
Environmental impact assessment agencies and environmental monitoring agencies may be held jointly liable with polluting enterprises if assessment and monitoring reports provided by the agencies are found to be forged, according to a draft amendment to the Environmental Protection Law.
More organizations would be eligible to take legal action against polluters
The nation announced 143 cases of corruption on Monday in which officials were punished for violating the Party's frugality rules. The officials were found guilty of misbehavior, including hosting lavish banquets at public expense, using government vehicles for private purposes and drinking alcohol at lunch on workdays, according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Effort said to be at 'critical juncture' as mini-sub nears end of mission
Guangdong hopes to take the lead in China in building an independent court specializing in intellectual property, according to a high-level official in the province.
The agent of People's Liberation Army singer Tan Jing has denied speculation of the singer's involvement in the Party's anti-graft investigations of a senior official, saying Tan's recent absence from the public has been because of pregnancy and giving birth to a baby.
"In 1964, cancer ranked as the fourth-biggest cause of death, while from 1970 to 1989, it ranked second, and data from 2007 showed that it had become the top killer of Chinese people."
Foreign automakers are expanding their lineups in China's premium vehicle market segment, hoping to reshape a segment that has been dominated for years by three German luxury car producers with more than 80 percent market share combined.
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