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The environmental impact of development plans in five regions and five heavily polluted industries will be assessed by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in a bid to improve the threatened environment.

A council of 39 experts will review the environmental impact of the economy to help draft eco-friendly policies, said Pan Yue, vice-minister of the SEPA, at an international conference which opened in Beijing on Saturday.

Called strategic environmental assessment, the review aims to provide high-level environmental protection and contribute to the integration of environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans and programs to promote sustainable development.

Pan identified the regions as: The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River where energy projects are densely located, and the economic zones to the west of the Taiwan Straits, along Beibu Gulf in South China, the Bohai Rim in North China and Chengdu-Chongqing.
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