According to the State Environment Protection Administration website, SEPA has held a meeting on the creation of industrial environmental protection economic policy and has expressed its willingness to cooperate with industrial associations on the policy making.
A representative from SEPA said SEPA would strengthen its cooperation with the industrial associations to jointly provide more advisable and practical suggestions to China's State Council and the concerned economic departments so as to promote the establishment of an environmental and economic policy system with Chinese characteristics.
The representative said that with the background of China's rapid economic growth, it is necessary to control polluting enterprises via economic means and this is also the focus of the environmental protection work. As the industrial associations are familiar with their own industry's technology and management, their participation will make the economic policy more pertinent.
