Inter-provincial efforts help improve river water quality in east China

STORY: Inter-provincial efforts help improve river water quality in east China SHOOTING TIME: April 3, 2024 DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Xin'an River 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FANG PENGMING, Official of Xin'an River ecological protection and development center in Shexian County 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NI LINJUN, Head of a biotech company 4. various of fruits and raw materials STORYLINE: The water quality of the Xin'an River in east China has been improving thanks to a pilot scheme involving inter-provincial efforts. The Xin'an River flows from Anhui to Zhejiang. It serves as a crucial ecological protective screen and water resource for the Yangtze River Delta, an area covering Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. To collectively protect and improve the water quality of the river, an innovative cross-provincial pilot scheme for ecological compensation was introduced in 2012. It aims to address a