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China’s five-year plan will prompt tannery closures

23/06/2010

A series of tannery closures are expected to place as part of China’s twelfth five-year plan.

Introducing energy saving methods and reducing emissions are top priorities within the plan. Secretary general of the China Leather Industry Association, Su Chaoying, explains that in order to achieve reductions and pollution levels, around 1,000 tanneries may be forced to close.

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