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China recently ordered the suspension of a high speed railway and halted the construction of another line due to violation of environmental laws.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection ordered a halt to the construction of a railway linking northern cities of Tianjin and Qinhuangdao because the route had been changed without approval, an official statement said.
Earlier, the Ministry asked a passenger line connecting Qingdao and Jinan in eastern Shandong province to stop its operation because it had not passed an environmental impact evaluation, official Xinhua reported.
In recent years, China has witnessed the substantial development of high-speed rail that has significantly improved public transport and advanced the country’s social and economic growth.
Its latest action came on Friday when it fined an environment technology firm in eastern Jiangsu Province $4,616, for its role in fabricating an environmental impact assessment report for a battery company.
These punishments reflect the government’s resolution to protect the environment and push for development in a scientific manner despite the difficulty of the task, the report said.
China has set annual average growth target of seven per cent for its economy during the coming five years, much lower than in the period from 2006-2010, when the economy grew at an average annual rate of 11 per cent.
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