国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Chinas new push for a beautiful future_时事

国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Chinas new push for a beautiful future

In the opinion of Erik Solheim, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, policy makers face either-or paradoxes to a seemingly impossible equation, namely, how to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty while protecting the environment.

For large economies, the balance between development and conservation is particularly tricky.

GROWING CONFIDENCE

Although environmental regulation of factories inevitably leads to pain, many companies have begun to feel the benefit of the new development model. The green development path has helped new energy vehicles in particular, but the effects can be seen across the board.

Poten Environment Group, a water treatment firm in Beijing, saw its revenue rise by more than 45 percent from 2017 to 2016, thanks to stricter environmental rules.

The level of PM2.5 in Beijing has dropped to its lowest level since 2013 when the national air pollution control campaign began. Across the country, average PM2.5 density in 338 cities fell by 6.5 percent last year.

Li Ganjie said that the target for PM2.5 reduction could be raised as targets are being met faster than expected.

"Finally, the world is witnessing what may well turn out to be the definitive how-to guide on building a sustainable economy that works in complete harmony with the environment," Solheim wrote in an article in China Today, a multi-language magazine.