Off the wire
• Zambia's annual inflation hits double digit  • CPC meeting affirms China's resolve for soft power  • Imported food more popular among Chinese: customs data  • Chinese, German exchanges launch off-shore RMB trading center  • 39 university students arrested in Sri Lanka for clashing with police  • Roundup: Britain likely to publish Iraq Inquiry in June or July next year  • Chinese, Finnish presidents exchange congratulations on anniversary of ties  • 1st LD Writethru: Tanzania ruling party candidate wins presidential vote: electoral body  • Beijing suburb to eliminate polluting factories  • Commentary: Another "honeymoon" in the cards for China, Europe  
You are here: 　 Home

1st Ld-writethru: China to better protect environment

Xinhua, October 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

China will implement a more exacting environmental protection system in the next five years, according to a communique issued on Thursday after a key meeting of its leaders.

The four-day Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee began on Monday, approving proposals for the country's economic and social development in the 2016-2020 period.

The communique vowed China will rationalize urban layout and agricultural development, and explore clean, safe energy.

It promised more afforestation and other ecological rehabilitation projects in the next five years. Endi