BEIJING - China has held 6,471 officials in eight provincial-level regions accountable for environmental damage after inspections by central authorities from August to September, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Friday.Inspectors also detained 424 people and imposed 547.6 million yuan (83.3 million US dollars) of fines following the fourth round of environmental inspections, the ministry said in a statement.The inspected regions were Jilin, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang.The ministry criticized a number of local governments for such problems as inadequate attention to environmental protection, poor treatment of air and water pollution, lack of environmental infrastructure and illegal land reclamation from the sea.The eight regions should submit plans to address the problems to the State Council within 30 work days and make them public, the ministry said.The inspections are part of China's campaign to fight pollution and environmental degradation as decades of growth have left the country with smog, polluted water and contaminated soil.Tackling pollution has been listed as one of "the three tough battles" that China aims to win in the next three years, according to the Central Economic Work Conference that concluded earlier this week. custom silicone bandscustom rubber band braceletsfestival wristband claspmaterial braceletsmake your own silicone braceletsjordan wristband rubberflash drive wristbandcustom wristbandswristband keychaincool wristbandsthe wristband factoryblack wristbandscustomise fidget spinnercheap silicone wristbands ukpersonalised silicone wristbands
Photo taken on Aug 26, 2017 shows a coral collected from the Caroline Seamount in the western Pacific Ocean. Chinese scientists on board the research vessel Kexue conducted research on the Caroline Seamount in the western Pacific Ocean from Aug 7 to 29. China's remote operated vehicle (ROV) Discovery, carried by the Kexue research vessel, found coral forests and sponge field in the east ridge of the Caroline Seamount. [Photo/Xinhua]
