Environment

实现经济增长与保持健康、宜居环境之间的良好平衡是中国需要面对的一大挑战。中国新《环境保护法》已从2015年1月1日起实施，但新法的执法却是需要解决的一大难题。

Finding a good balance between economic growth and maintaining a healthy, liveable environment is a challenge for China. On January 1, 2015 the new Environmental Protection Law came into force, but enforcement of

土壤污染治理是浦东新区环境部门的责任所在。随着越来越多的工厂从浦东区迁往城外，工厂旧址需要先清理，然后才可以重新建设为住宅区。

Responsibility for air and drinking water quality lies with the government of Shanghai, not of Pudong. However, soil contamination is the responsibility of the Pudong environment department.