Each of China's provinces, autonomous regions and special administrative regions contributed a float.
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Industries will have to "pay the bill" for pollution through a mandatory liability insurance pilot scheme launched in 11 provincesandregions, People's Daily adds.
The government will introduce emission limits in 47 areas in 19 provincesandregions against six "heaviest" polluting industries, including thermal power, iron and steel, petrochemical and cement factories, Economic Information Daily reports.
The issues do not involve sectarian hatred but "the cold, hard issues of land and oil and cash, as well as the distribution of power between Iraq's center and its regionsandprovinces, " they wrote.