Since the second half of last year, our country's economic operations have seen changes, and in those changes there are concerns, with complications in the external environment and downward pressures getting more severe, the awareness of the importance of environmental protection has weakened in some regions, and momentum has slowed, with the economic downturn simplistically attributed to a vaguely understood idea of excessive environmental supervision.

Li Ganjie

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Predictably, local governments did away with restrictions on industrial operation that had squeezed output and emissions in 2017-18.

Whatever the difficulties, we will help them find a reasonable so... by Li Ganjie

Whatever the difficulties, we will help them find a reasonable solution.

In reality the pressures are huge and it isn't easy to be optimistic about the trends, the things that could easily be done have already mostly been done, and the things that need to be done afterwards are much harder.

As our country's ecological protection efforts continuously increase in strength, some views in society hype up the impact of environmental protection on economic development, and we must clear-headedly and resolutely oppose this.

Rural and urban development and environmental governance is imbalanced, and the environmental foundations and infrastructure in rural regions is severely lagging.

There's a lot we should do, a lot we are able to do, and a lot we can do easily, and doing it will not only help promote environmental improvements, but would also directly promote economic development.

Inspection is not 'a gust of wind' ... It will become a long-term mechanism to help local authorities to improve environmental quality.