Early last month, China’s top environmental authority, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), announced a decision to suspend the approval of all new industrial projects in 13 cities and industrial parks along four major rivers that are suffering from severe water pollution—the Hai, Huai, Yangtze, and Yellow. Pan Yue, vice president of SEPA, says the move was the agency’s final ‘trump card’ to stem the rampant violation of environmental laws and regulations by some local industries, given its limited authority. He says there is an urgent need to set up a cross-sectoral and cross-departmental mechanism to prevent and control pollution in China’s major river basins.
Ling Li
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