Challenges facing Fenhe-Weihe air quality measures highlighted
(WorldNews Environment)

A national legislator and leading environmental expert has warned of possible challenges to further improve air quality in the Fenhe-Weihe River Plain area this year, one of the regions with the worst air quality in the country, amid the economic downward pressure worsened by COVID-19. While some enterprises and local governments might loosen requirements on environmental protection as companies resume production disrupted by the epidemic, local authorities in the area might prioritize launching some heavy industrial projects, such as chemical and coke, to help revive battered economies, said Wang Jinnan, an academic at...