BEIJING (Reuters) - China will order local governments to raise the approval threshold for new industrial projects and limit the number of polluting factories in regions where environmental conditions are already stressed, an environment official said on Friday.
The order will compel regions to draw up "access lists" of areas where factories can and cannot be built, and these restrictions could have a significant impact on energy-intensive sectors like steel, metal refining, petroleum and petrochemicals.
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