China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song
China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song
China pollution
China /  Politics

China targets ‘perfunctory’ officials in fight against pollution

Fifty-eight people detained and 641 firms fined a combined US$8.9 million in first half of June, environment ministry says

Topic |   China pollution
Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 2:37pm, 22 Jun, 2018

Why you can trust SCMP
China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song
China’s four-year campaign to reduce pollution has become a test of loyalty for officials, with President Xi Jinping vowing to use the full might of the Communist Party to clean up the country’s soil, sky and rivers. Photo: Simon Song
READ FULL ARTICLE