The legislation, which comes into effect in January 2018, will tax factories, power plants and other pollution emitters for releasing contaminants such as sulphur dioxide, a key contributor to the smog that has choked much of the country in the last couple of weeks.
Analysts said the levies could be steep enough to push some dirty firms out of business, going some way to answering criticism that the central government has been half-hearted in tackling pollution.
Among the critics is Peter Navarro, US president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for head of his new White House National Trade Council, who claims Beijing’s lax regulation of pollution has undermined trade fairness.
布林肯抵达上海 吁美中持续对话
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4月24日,美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯搭乘行政专机抵达上海,展开其任内对中国的第二次访问。上海市政府外办主任孔福 […]...
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