China opens floodgates

With a greater emphasis on conserving water, the nation is looking to foreign firms with innovative environmental solutions

Along with its pursuits of industrialization, urbanization, informationization and agricultural modernization, China is also seeking to ensure that its economic growth and living standards are environmentally sound.

President Xi Jinping highlighted the national concept last month as the country weighs its environmental burden in planning for the next five years - the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), a crucial period in its economic transition. The plan will be unveiled in about a year.