Hebei gets bulk of funds to improve air quality
By Zheng Jinran in Shijiazhuang | China Daily | Updated: 2014-01-09 07:19
Northern province met targets for reducing emissions in 2013
Hebei province is to receive more than half of a new 5 billion yuan ($827 million) special fund from the central government for air pollution control, the provincial finance department announced on Wednesday.
In a report to the 12th People's Congress of Hebei, the finance department said Hebei will be given 2.62 billion yuan as both a reward and a subsidy for its efforts last year to contain the development of polluting industries and develop greener industries.
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