JV in Beijing to pay maximum fine for polluting air
By Ma Lie (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-07-08 15:53The Beijing Environment Protection Bureau ordered a company in the Chinese capital to pay the maximum fine for polluting the air, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday.
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The Sino-US joint venture was fined a total of 600,000 yuan ($96,739), the maximum amount according to air pollution control regulations issued on March 1.
The company has been fined twice before - in 2012 and 2013 – and was ordered to pay a total of 40,000 yuan each time.
In May, the company was again found to be breaking the law, and fined 300,000 yuan. It was also order to stop the open-air painting before June 1.
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