Beijing issued a new edition of “negative list” that requires polluting industries and enterprises to be closed or relocated, as the city beefs up effort in relocating its non-capital functions.

The list, which was first issued in 2014, has been expanded from a total of 155 items to 172 items. It covers 11 industries, including steel, non-ferrous metal, building materials, chemical industry, textile printing and dyeing, furniture, medicament, machinery, printing and papermaking.

A total of 17 items were added to the list, including outdated equipment that had been required to be eliminated, while 5 items were revised to press harder on certain industries and production techniques, including the use of organic solvent in chemical, furniture and printing industries.

A total of 496 manufacturing enterprises were closed or relocated in the first half of this year, completing 99 percent of the target for the whole year. The involved enterprises were mainly in industries of construction material, furniture, wood product processing, chemical and packaging and printing. Polluting companies were required to be shut down, rather than relocated.

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