CHINA TEXTILE FINISHING CONSOLIDATION LOOMS AS BEIJING LAUNCHES WATER POLLUTION CRACKDOWN
May 22nd, 2015
CHINA’S upstream textile and finishing suppliers to its mighty clothing industry face a struggle to survive now its government’s ‘Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan’ has been released.The State Council (cabinet) issued the plan on April 16. It aims to improve the quality of drinking water sources to a new set of standards by 2020, tightening these further by 2030. China hopes the water quality of its seven main rivers, including the Yangtze River, Huang He (The Yellow River) and the Pearl Delta River will meet these objectives.But these ...
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