CHINA’S ENVIRONMENT: BIG ISSUES, ACCELERATING EFFORT, AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES

Industrial NewsBy wp-admin07/13/2015

Abstract 16% of China’s soil was polluted beyond acceptable standards, and 19.4% of China’s total arable land (65mn out of 334mn acres) was badly contaminated by heavy metals. As the government estimates 300mn acres of arable land is needed to maintain the nation’s food security. Soil pollution and contamination is more acute in Southern China…

CHINA TO OPEN SOIL POLLUTION TREATMENT SECTOR TO PRIVATE INVESTMENT

Industrial NewsBy wp-admin05/15/2015

Abstract China will step up soil pollution prevention and treatment, and gradually open the sector estimated to be worth more than 5.7 trillion yuan ($918.7 billion) to private capital, according to Economic Information, a newspaper run by the Xinhua News Agency, on Friday. The country is considering a series of preferential policies, related to finance,…