According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, total wastewater fees collected (not counting the Tibet Autonomous Region) reached about 20.2 billion RMB, a 13.6% increase from 2010. There are several reasons for the increase in fee collection; central and western regions improved regulation of fee collection, and 12 provinces improved their standards for collecting fees for sulfur dioxide and other chemical pollutants discharged in wastewater.

[Source: Renmin Wang]

Translated and summarized by Lindsay Butt