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Beijing issues guidelines on pricing environmental resources

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Beijing wants to use market forces to drive greener, more efficient development.
On Thursday, the Party Central Committee and the State Council published high-level guidelines to promote the “market-based allocation” of water use and pollution discharge rights.
The goal: Ensuring major polluters and...