China will build three environment supervision centers in
northwest, northeast and southwest regions to strengthen the
enforcement of environmental protection law.
In addition to the centers set up previously in east and south
China, the supervision centers will help solve serious
environmental problems involving many provinces in the regions.
Zhang Lijun, deputy director of the State Environment Protection
Administration (SEPA), said at a recent national meeting that the
total release of pollutants in China remains at a high level.
With people's rising demand for a better environment, China has
started having high rates of environmental disputes and even mass
protests, said Zhang.
While addressing local environment officials nationwide on legal
enforcement in environmental protection during the conference,
Zhang noted there might be corruption behind the violation of
environment laws in some regions.
He said that more environment supervision centers will be set up
in the coming five years at national, provincial and city levels to
monitor and supervise 65 percent of the major pollution makers in
the country.
(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2006)
