The city of Kunming, where the lake is located, has now built 22 sewage disposal plants. A total of 35 major rivers flowing into the lake have been treated, and intensive livestock and poultry farming in the vicinity banned.
China has said "no more" to economic growth at the price of the environment, but it takes time and hard work to reverse decades of damage. More than 70 percent of the water in seven major river valleys, including the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, should reach Grade III or better by 2020, according to a 2015 action plan.
In December, China began to appoint "river chiefs" with responsibilities which include resource protection, pollution prevention and control, and ecological restoration. Their performance will be assessed and they will be held accountable for environmental damage in bodies of water under their supervision.
Environmental protection and restoration is a top priority of the development plan for the Yangtze River economic belt, which covers about a fifth of China's land and accommodates over 600 million people.
Industries along the river will be cleaned up and growth of water-consuming sectors strictly controlled. Pilot projects will begin to restore ecosystems along the belt this year.
Earlier efforts have already begun to pay off. Water quality in the region improved by 2.8 percentage points in 2016, according to Chen Jining, minister of environmental protection.
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