China launched a national 'green living' campaign on Wednesday to urge...
FILE PHOTO: A woman rides a scooter past a steel plant in Anyang, Henan province, China, February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
While the government did not specify how its targets would be met or enforced, the campaign will use traditional Communist Party mobilization methods to change individual behavior rather than cracking down on companies as in the past. Communist Party and government departments would have to meet requirements to recycle, purchase new-energy vehicles and create paperless offices, while schools would be expected to create “green campuses”.
China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. It has been waging war on pollution and modernizing its heavy industrial economy in a bid to cut emissions and clean up its environment.
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