Fund to be created for restoring environment

China's top court said it plans to help build a national fund for environmental restoration with other authorities this year to fight pollution and implement suggestions from top legislative and political advisers.

As punishments against polluters have increased in recent years, the Supreme People's Court has also received advice from deputies to the National People's Congress on building the fund, according to Wang Xuguang, chief judge of the top court's environmental division.

"The advice called for us to ensure that the money confiscated in pollution-related cases is used for environmental restoration," Wang said, adding that the top court accepted the suggestion and decided to implement it as a priority this year.