Poll: High marks for govt response

A recent environmental protection survey found mixed results, with more than half of those surveyed saying that urban environmental pollution is severe, even as they expressed increased satisfaction with the government's performance in dealing with such issues.

The survey, released on Monday by the Center for Public Opinion Research at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, sought to learn about attitudes and behaviors toward environmental protection and understand how residents evaluate the government's performance in this area.

It polled 3,500 residents from 35 major cities through a computerized telephone interview.