Pollution fight gets a sharper focus

Environmental ministry's 3 new departments to boost efficiency in meeting air, water and soil quality targets

China has established three new departments under the Ministry of Environmental Protection to target air, water and soil pollution to ensure control targets will be met in the coming years.

The central government approved a structural reform of the ministry in February 2015, including the elimination of two departments - pollution prevention and control, and pollutants emission control - as the three new ones were set up, Chen Jining, environmental minister, said on Friday.