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Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting that called new pollutants — numerous, widespread and diverse — an emerging challenge for environmental governance. The meeting made source control a top priority, ordering proactive screening of key industries, precise identification of chemical emission sources and dynamic publication of a priority-control list of new pollutants. It demanded implementation of the new chemical-substance environmental management registration system, stronger cross-department coordination on legacy and emerging pollutant治理, and increased policy support to help firms transition and ensure remediation targets are met.

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