China: Experts concerned about pollution targets

Experts are concerned that the country’s plan to reduce major pollutants by 2 per cent this year might have set the bar too high.

“It will be hard for China to reduce pollution by 10 percent by 2010 while at the same time trimming energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 percent given that the country’s GDP growth is so rapid,” Zhou said at a symposium organized yesterday in Beijing by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).
China Daily