China's State Council Says It Will Lead Stepped Up Environmental Monitoring

摘要

China will build a nationwide environmental monitoring network by 2020 to more accurately track air, water and soil pollution, the State Council said Aug. 12. The State Council said environmental monitoring today is "incomplete" and "not uniform" and information-sharing and supervision over monitoring has been "chaotic" and not conducted in a systematic manner. Environmental monitoring institutions will have to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of data, according to the State Council, the nation's top executive body. It warned of severe punishment for tampering with monitoring equipment or falsifying environmental data.