Deputies demand action on heavy-polluting State-owned tire factory in Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU: Several deputies to Guangzhou's ongoing people's congress challenged officials at the city's environmental protection bureau and State-assets administration this weekend to explain why no action had been taken to address the large amounts of pollution caused by a State-owned tire-maker located in the city.

All the deputies were from the city's Panyu District, where the South China Tire & Rubber Co Ltd, one of the country's largest tire suppliers, is located.

They demanded to know why the plant had not reduced the amount of pollution it produced and why no timetable had been set for the plant's relocation despite the numerous appeals made over the past decade.