After 14 Years, Shanghai Introduce "Tough" New Air Pollution Law Blahblah Higher Fines Blahblah
SHANGHAI tomorrow introduces “China’s strictest air protection law,” with maximum fines of 500,000 yuan (US$81,244) — five times the current level. And this fine itself will be hiked on a daily basis if polluters don’t take action.
Company bosses will also face personal fines of up to 100,000 yuan under the law.
Violators face the “toughest fines” in the country’s history, Yu Feilin, law department director with the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau, warned yesterday.
Other measures available under the new law include suspending a business’s production or closing it down altogether, said the official. Companies will also face fines based on the number of days they pollute the air, production limitations and power supplies being cut.
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/environment/Countrys-strictest-air-pollution-laws-introduced-in-city-tomorrow/shdaily.shtml
What will polluting companies DO? Move outside city limits?
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... and I'd rather more countries take that first step as I can see it snowballing
with major support from the people who are suffering the effects of the pollution
every day.
(There, that's my optimisim quota used up for the day! 
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