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China launches first environmental inspections under new regulations

CGTN

China has initiated the fourth phase of the third round of central environmental protection inspections, the first since a new set of regulations on ecological and environmental protection inspections came into force.

The inspections will cover five provincial-level regions and three centrally-administered state-owned companies, said the central leading group for the inspection work of ecological and environmental protection on Monday.

The world's largest eco-friendly ro-ro carrier for short sea shipping, Eco Napoli, in Yantai City, Shandong Province, east China, March 26, 2025. /VCG
The world's largest eco-friendly ro-ro carrier for short sea shipping, Eco Napoli, in Yantai City, Shandong Province, east China, March 26, 2025. /VCG

The world's largest eco-friendly ro-ro carrier for short sea shipping, Eco Napoli, in Yantai City, Shandong Province, east China, March 26, 2025. /VCG

Inspection teams will be dispatched to Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shaanxi and Ningxia. The teams will conduct both regional inspections and coordinated inspections of the Yellow River Basin.

They will also inspect China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd., China Datang Corporation Ltd. and State Power Investment Corporation Limited.

The inspections will last about one month. During the period, each team will establish dedicated telephone hotlines and postal mailboxes for the public to submit reports and complaints regarding any environmental protection issues related to the inspected entities.

(Cover: The Yellow River runs between Shaanxi's Jiaxian County on the left, and Shanxi's Linxian County on the right, September 12, 2024. /VCG)

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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