国内英语资讯:China Focus: China to strengthen fight against environmental pollution in 2020_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: China to strengthen fight against environmental pollution in 2020

"China will basically achieve zero imports of solid waste this year," Li said. In addition, China will strengthen the control and remediation of soil pollution in construction land, and organize special investigations and remediation of hazardous waste.

In 2019, China has made significant progress in fighting pollution, Li said.

Emissions of major pollutants continued to decline last year, and the density of PM2.5 particulate matter in cities that had yet to see air quality meet the standard continued to fall, Li said.

Most cities reported improvement in air quality. The PM2.5 density in 337 prefecture-level cities shrank 2.9 percent year on year at 34 micrograms per cubic meter in the first 11 months last year, according to the ministry.

Water pollution control was also a highlight of last year's work. Li said 3,626 violations in 899 county-level areas that are home to sources of drinking water were rectified in 2019. The ministry managed to clean up 2,513 black and odorous water bodies in prefecture-level cities.

At the same time, efforts to fight land pollution have made solid progress.

In 2019, China completed a detailed survey of agricultural land soil pollution.

By banning foreign waste from entering the country, the actual import of solid waste across the country dropped by 40.4 percent in 2019 from a year earlier, Li said.

China will officially launch its national green development fund in 2020, amid efforts to improve the economic policy system for ecological and environmental protection, the MEE announced in December.