China continues clampdown on wildlife trading

Workers catch a giant salamander which is still alive outside the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan city, Hubei province, Jan 27, 2020. - Chinadaily.com.cn

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): China has tightened control over wildlife trading in recent weeks, raiding restaurants, produce markets and online marketplaces for illegal activity according to a senior official with the State Administration for Market Regulation.

Yang Hongcan, director of the administration's law enforcement division, said on Saturday (Feb 8) taht they have carried out almost 1.5 million inspections of physical businesses and more than 400,000 inspections of online vendors between Jan 21 and Tuesday as they work to clamp down on illegal wildlife trading.