Polluters feel heat from new law
By Xinhua | China Daily | Updated: 2016-02-16 08:02
More than 1.58 million companies have been inspected under the Environmental Protection Law that took effect at the start of 2015, toughening scrutiny on polluters and the procedures that allow them to exist.
Environmental authorities nationwide had punished 51,000 companies for excessive discharges and identified 73,400 illegal projects by the end of November, according to the latest official statistics.
The new law also targets local government responsibility for environmental protection.
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