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Seventy percent of Chinese companies fail air pollution checks: Media
More than 70 percent of companies checked by Chinese authorities failed environmental standards during the latest round of air pollution inspections, state media reported on Sunday.
Published : 11 June 2017, 10:41 AM
Updated : 11 June 2017, 10:41 AM
The findings came after two months of inspections across 28 cities in the notoriously smoggy Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other nearby areas, the official Xinhua news agency said.
The inspections found 13,785 companies - or 70.6 per cent of those inspected - violated standards, with problems ranging from excessive emissions to insufficient pollution control equipment.
The government has thrown its weight behind an ambitious "Jing-jin-ji" plan to integrate the three neighbouring cities, in part to alleviate the strain on the capital, Beijing, and relocate heavy industry away from major population hubs.
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