China will maintain its environmental protection goals and will not ease off on ...
BEIJING - China will maintain its environmental protection goals and will not ease off on trying to achieve them even as the economy slows, an environment ministry official said on Thursday.
The cabinet last year issued a guide for some important anti-pollution targets up to the end of 2020 and there will be no adjustments of them, said Xu Bijiu, director general of the general office at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.“We have no other choice but to go forward.” “The environment and the economy are not opposites” but can move in the same direction, Xu said, pointing out that GDP had grown from 59 trillion yuan in 2013 to 90 trillion yuan in 2018, while air pollution had been reduced over that time.
The ministry would maintain its pollution controls precisely and scientifically, implementing special audits in areas with obviously worsening air quality and strengthening assistance for non-key areas, he said.
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