Tough trade-off s
Development via industrialisation also
brings with it pollution. In China, the
shift of heavy industry upstream to
promote economic development inland
has narrowed the income gap between
coastal and inland areas but this has
also meant that China’s waterways are
not just transporting goods between
provinces but also pollution. There is
thus an urgent need to look toward
sustainable economic development.
Nowhere is this more important in
China than the Yang