Soil pollution control system planned

AFP China will carry out a lifelong accountability system for polluters to arrest worsening soil pollution. From July polluters, both corporate and individual, will be responsible for restoring contaminated land, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Wednesday. Before turning contaminated land over to housing or other use such as business venues and schools, land users will treat and restore the land first, according to the ministry. The restoration will be subject to third-party assessment and related information should be open to the public for no less than two months. If the land still fails to meet national standards, environmental authorities can disapprove land use applications. passenger cars in the United States in about two to three years, an executive said on Thursday, as it races to be the first Chinese automaker to sell cars to US drivers. BYD, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, specializes in electric and plug-in petrolelectric hybrid vehicles. At present, its US presence is limited to producing buses and selling fleet vehicles such as taxis. Li Yunfei, BYD’s deputy general manager for branding and public relations, said its passenger car plan was not fixed as entering the US was a complicated process. “It could be adjusted,” Li said at an event in Beijing. “Now we can only say roughly two to three years.” algorithms and data analytics to facilitate public transportation management. Didi will also step up a joint venture with the Shenzhen Municipal Bus Group to provide consumers realtime bus information, tailor-made transportation services and help optimize traffic management.

Two women in traditional Hungarian costume pose at a promotional event for the International Green Week agricultural fair in Berlin, on Wednesday. According to the organizers, more than 1,600 exhibitors from 65 countries will be presenting displays...