Is Denso violating Chinese environmental law?

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    According to Kyodo News, Greenpeace thinks Japanese auto parts company Denso is in violation of Chinese environmental law:

    The companies are eight multinationals on the 2008 Fortune Global 500 rankings that include Denso, Shell and Samsung Electronics, and 10 Chinese companies listed on 2008′s Fortune China 100 rankings, including local oil firm Sinopec and the Dongfeng Motor Group that has joint ventures with several Japanese auto makers, Greenpeace’s report Silent Giants said.

    The Chinese regulation, introduced in May last year, requires companies that exceed pollution discharge standards to publish their emissions data on a major media platform within 30 days of being reported by local environmental bureaus.

    But the report said that none complied with the 30-day time limit, and only three eventually made public their pollution information, one of them a year after the 30-day timeline.

    Greenpeace’s report also concluded that the Chinese government’s unwillingness to enforce its own environmental laws encourages noncompliance with regulations.

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