China's Air, Water Pollution Become Focus Of Annual Legislative Gathering in Beijing

摘要

China's Lunar New Year celebrations typically feature visits to relatives. For provincial Governor Du Jiahao, day two of the biggest holiday on the calendar found him doing something altogether different. The chief of central Hunan province went on a two-hour bicycle ride along the Xiang River, checking its water quality. "It wasn't just for show," Du, who said work to clean up the river is in its third year, shared last week on the sidelines of a gathering of lawmakers in Beijing. "I asked somebody who was fishing, 'Can you really catch any fish here?' He said, 'If I can't catch fish, why am I still standing here?' This is a piece of data from a plain civilian."