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Xi: reform to make environment watchdog more independent

Xinhua, November 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

China will reform the current environmental protection management system, in an attempt to make the watchdog more independent, President Xi Jinping said in a statement on Tuesday.

An absence of supervision over local governments and intervention in the environmental watchdog's duties are common problems, according to the statement which explains the Proposal on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-year Plan (2016-2020).

Provincial-level environmental departments will be put directly in charge of the city level and allocating the budget, Xi said.

County-level environmental bureaus will be abolished and in their place will be supervision agencies, he added.

"The move will ensure effective law enforcement by local environment watchdogs," said the President.

The reform will be tested first and then extended across the country, Xi said, adding the authority will strive to complete the task within the next five years. Endi