The measures involved implementing the 2013 air-cleaning program, establishing a linkage mechanism with the three surrounding provinces, and improving the city's early-warning systems. On 12 February 2014, China's cabinet announced that a () fund will be set up to help companies meet the new environmental standards. The effect of the policy was significant. From 2013 to 2018, more than 3,000 treatment facilities for industrial waste gases were installed, and the city's annual smoke, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide emission decreased by 65%, 54%, and 95%, respectively. Environmental protection Public awareness of the environment is growing, and the city is investing in a number of environmental protection projects. A 16-year rehabilitation of Suzhou Creek, which runs through the city, was finished in 2012, clearing the creek of barges and factories and removing 1.3 million cubic meters of sludge. Additionally, the government has moved almost all the factories within the city center to either the outskirts or other provinces, and provided incentives for transportation companies to invest in LPG buses and taxis. On 1 July 2019, Shanghai adopted a new garbage-classification system that sorts out waste into residual waste, kitchen waste, recyclable waste, and hazardous waste. The wastes are collected by separate vehicles and sent to incineration plants, landfills, recycling centers, and hazardous-waste-disposal facilities, respectively. Media covers newspapers, publisher, broadcast, television, and Internet, with some media having influence over the country. In regard to foreign publications in Shanghai, Hartmut Walravens of the IFLA Newspapers Section said that when the Japanese controlled Shanghai in the 1940s "it was very difficult to publish good papers – one either had to concentrate on emigration problems, or cooperate like the Chronicle". , newspapers publishing in Shanghai include: Jiefang Daily Oriental Sports Daily Shanghai Review of Books Shanghai Daily Shanghai Star Xinmin Evening News Wen Hui Bao Wenhui Book Review Newspapers formerly published in Shanghai include: Der Ostasiatische Lloyd Deutsche Shanghai Zeitung Gelbe Post North China Daily News Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury The Shanghai Gazette Shanghai Jewish Chronicle Shanghai Herald The Shanghai Mercury The Shanghai Post Shen Bao Israel's Messenger The city's main broadcaster is Shanghai Media Group. International relations The city is the seat of the New Development Bank, a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS states. Twin towns – sister cities Shanghai is twinned with: Consulates and consulates general As of September 2020, Shanghai hosts 71 consulates general and 5 consulates, excluding Hong