'Timetable' needed to phase out pollution

Senior legislator says road map should be clear, incentives would help companies

A senior national legislator and leading environmental expert has called on the government to set a transitional strategy with transparent, predictable and gradually tighter policies for governing industrial pollution as the country switches to green, low-carbon and high-quality development.

Professor Wang Yi, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the NPC Committee of Environment Protection and Resource Conservation, made the comment in an interview with China Daily on the sidelines of the NPC session on Tuesday.