Inspections to target high energy projects

The central environmental inspection office will step up measures to curb the introduction of projects with high energy consumption and emissions, an environmental official said on Monday.

The more stringent controls are part of China's efforts to reach its climate targets and further improve air quality. China is aiming for peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

"President Xi Jinping has stressed on multiple occasions that we should promote coordinated progress in pollution reduction and carbon emission cuts as a main focus of the country's efforts for overall green transformation of economic and social development," Xu Bijiu, executive deputy director of the central environmental inspection office, said at a news conference.