The new three-year action plan comes after the previous plan, rolled out in 2013, expired at the end of 2017. The new plan expands PM2.5 reduction requirements to all cities nationwide. It also tightens regulations on VOCs and NOx emissions that are key to the formation of ozone pollution. The new plan still lacks specific targets on […]
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planner, has released a new regulation over the charging standards for urban household garbage disposal to promote sustainable development.
National Development and Research Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce (MofCOM) jointly released a new negative list for foreign investment in Free Trade Zones (FTZs) on 30 June. Effective from 30 July, the new list stipulates
European business continues to face significant operational difficulties in China. The European Chamber’s Business Confidence Survey 2018 reveals that doing business became more challenging over the past year due to longstanding regulatory barriers, market access restrictions and unequal treatment. New challenges are also on the horizon. European companies must now compete with Chinese firms that […]
MEE is expanding air pollution inspections to more regions, including Fenwei Plain, where pollution levels have worsened in the past two years, and the Yangtze River Delta. Last winter’s inspections only targeted the Jingjinji region. The border pollution inspections also come on the heels of recent re-inspections conducted to ensure problems exposed during the first […]