Zhejiang wins UN's top environmental honor
China Daily,September 28, 2018 Adjust font size:
A bird's-eye view of Anji county, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province, where President Xi Jinping proposed a new development method. HUANG ZONGZHI/XINHUA
Zhejiang is one of the richest and most developed provinces in China. It ranked fourth among provinces for economic development in 2017. Yet this rapid industrial development came at a cost.
Watercourses are damaged and river banks collapsed. Domestic and industrial wastewater discharged into water canals turned the clear waters black.