China has again struggled to meet its air quality targets in the recent months, especially in the 39 cities in the key northern pollution control zones of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Fenwei Plain.

In his annual government work report delivered to parliament today, Premier Li Keqiang stressed that China would continue to ‘strengthen pollution prevention and control’ this year. The country is now heading into the sixth year of its ‘war on pollution’ to try to reverse the damage from over three decades of enormous economic growth.

China aims to modernise the country’s manufacturing industry with advanced technologies developed on the mainland. This policy background provides new investment opportunities and we continue to believe that the Chinese environmental protection theme has strong long-term structural growth potential.

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