More than 13,785 companies, 71% of those inspected by Chinese air pollution authorities, failed to meet environmental standards, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The report said that in some cases, companies had not even been able to provide basic information about their emissions and were instead using "misleading or unverifiable data". The report came as Chinese authorities push the ambitious Jing-jin-ji plan to integrate the three neighbouring cities and move heavy industry away from densely populated areas.
More than 13,785 companies, 71% of those inspected by Chinese air pollution authorities, failed to meet environmental standards, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Standards violated included excessive emissions and insufficient pollution control equipment in an area covering the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and beyond. The report came as Chinese authorities push the ambitious Jing-jin-ji plan to integrate the three neighbouring cities and move heavy industry away from densely populated areas.