To curb environmental violations requires everyone's participation

SHANGHAI IMPLEMENTED ITS newly revised regulations on rewards for reporting environmental violations on Tuesday, World Environment Day. ThePaper.cn commented on Thursday:

According to the regulations, the government will give a reward of up to 50,000 yuan ($7,823) to those who report polluters or provide important evidence in pollution cases.

On the same day, Li Ganjie, ecology and environment minister, said he hopes everybody can become an environmental watchdog, saying: "The people are encouraged to provide clues, and use their ears and eyes to help find the problems related to the ecology and environment."