Central authorities begin 2nd round of environmental reviews

‍‍China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said on Monday October 29th that it will begin the second round of environmental reviews soon.

Five inspection teams will settle in Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Shanxi provinces to supervise local environmental conditions and review the implementation of rectification plans that were made during previous environmental checks.

The MEE did not provide details on the start date and duration of this new round of probes.

The first round of environmental reviews lasted for about a month in June and covered Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces.

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