| China will introduce a new environmental protection tax that will include a levy on carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency, China's official press agency.
The Xinhua report is based on an article published on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Finance. The article quotes the head of the ministry's tax division policy, Jia Chen, as saying, "the government will collect the environmental protection tax instead of pollutant discharge fees, as well as levy a tax on carbon dioxide emissions."..............................................Full Article: Source
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