Xiongan New Area ecology a priority

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Hebei provincial government signed a cooperation agreement on Monday, as China's top environmental watchdog vowed to support environmental protection work in Hebei's Xiongan New Area.

"The ministry has made the area's ecological environment rehabilitation and protection a priority," said Li Ganjie, minister of environmental protection, during a signing ceremony for the agreement in Shijiazhuang.

Li said the ministry has set up a special working group to push forward environmental protection in Xiongan, and assessment of the area's current situation has been completed.