China Exclusive: Environmental progress vital for officials' advancement (4)

Although the congress's advocation of ecological progress has addressed the public's demands, the CPC still needs to find ways to put its plan into action. Many officials still concentrate on boosting their jurisdictions' GDP, as good economic performance all but guarantees them a better position.

"Therefore, we must establish a restrictive mechanism and apply the mechanism to the way officials are evaluated," said Wu Bin, director of the ecological research center under the State Forestry Administration.

Several provincial governments have started to put more emphasis on using environmental performance to evaluate officials. However, the progress made will depend on whether leaders at all levels can change their perception of growth, Cao said.

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