Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission has approved the construction of seven wetland protection and restoration projects in the Dongtinghu Lake area.

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Agriculture have jointly released the results of The First National Census of Pollution Sources.

A group of 317 companies from the Nanhai District, Foshan in Guangdong, has signed a commitment letter with the local environment department on environmental protection.

Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission will carry out a study on water resource safety evaluation and pollution prevention technology this year to prepare for the building of an underground water quality monitoring network.

Zhang Yanyou, the deputy director of the Beijing Development and Reform Commission, has disclosed to local media that Beijing may soon levy an environmental tax on car owners in the city.

Based on a recent geological survey jointly released by Beijing Municipal Government and the Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing will classify its landfill areas and divide it into three kinds — no landfill area, area with restricted landfill, and area suitable for landfill.

The Shanghai Environmental Department has published a blacklist of 721 companies accused of environmental violations and the list is reported to include many famous organizations.