Sound progress has been made in tackling water pollution along the Yangtze River, China's longest river, said the country's Ecology and Environment Ministry¹.

 

中国生态环境部表示，长江流域水污染治理取得良好进展。

 

After two years of work, 99.9 percent of the 1,474 drinking water sources in cities above the county-level along the Yangtze River Economic Belt have been secured, Ecology and Environment Minister Li Ganjie told a news conference on the sidelines of the annual legislative² session.

 

"Over 90 percent of the 12 water bodies that were 'black and malodorous' in provincial³ capital cities have been cleaned up, while prefecture-level cities are catching⁴ up on this front," Li said.

 

"A special campaign launched last year has dealt with more than 1,300 illegal acts when it comes to disposing of solid and hazardous⁵ waste into the Yangtze," said the minister.

 

Li said that some specific issues have also been addressed concerning the ecological⁶ damage to nature reserves in the Yangtze River basin.

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