China’s environmental inspections will cover all provincial regions this year, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). Inspectors will monitor local conditions and push local governments to fulfill their responsibilities, the MEP said.

    On August 9th, China launched a new round of central environmental inspections covering eight provincial-level areas, as the country finishes nationwide investigations into local environmental protection efforts. A total of eight provinces including: Jilin, Zhejiang and Shandong provinces will be the most hit hard.

    Lots of factory closures in China for environmental reviews are happening right now. According to the China Daily, about 10,000 polluting companies were ordered to suspend production or shut down by the end of June. And many factories are experiencing unexpected delays in productions,related supply chain has been affected by the inspection.