President XI Jinping is taking China’s “war on pollution” to another level. Central government inspectors started re-examining thousands of violations uncovered during the nationwide environmental audit last year and found that many of the problems had yet to be properly resolved. As a result, 4,305 officials are being held accountable with fines and possible jail time, showing that if you don’t live up to environmental standards in modern China, there will be major consequences.
This is how serious China is taking their “war on pollution”
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