Yangtze protection efforts enter the mainstream

Activists are urging new laws to restore China's 'mother river'. Xing Yi reports from Shanghai.

Yangtze River environment protection has been a hot topic among the country's political advisers, who have gathered in Beijing for the annual two sessions.

Pan Biling, deputy head of Hunan province's environmental watchdog, said the number of Yangtze River's finless porpoises, an endangered species, has increased thanks to the country's efforts in improving water quality, and restoring the river's ecological system.