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China to crack down on pollution with tougher limits, heavier fines
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Beijing
CHINA plans tougher pollution limits and heavier penalties in a revision of its air pollution law, state-run news agency Xinhua said, as the government battles to reduce smog that takes hundreds of thousands of lives each year.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is this week considering a draft that would impose fines of up to 1 million yuan (S$212 million) or even shut down factories that exceed emission limits, Xinhua reported late Monday.
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