China customs said Tuesday it will work closely with other departments including border defence, coast guards and environmental protection agencies to stop foreign garbage smuggling.

　　本周二,中国海关宣布将与其他部门，如边防，海岸警卫队，环保机构开展密切合作，以杜绝洋垃圾走私。

　　In the first half year, China customs seized more than 260,000 tonnes of solid waste in 146 cases, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

　　据海关总署数据显示，今年上半年，中国海关就查处了146起案件，缴获超过26万吨固体垃圾。

　　More than 70 percent of cases since 2013 occurred in the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze and the Pearl River Deltas, according to GAC spokesman Zhang Guangzhi at a press conference. By the end of 2017, China will have ended imports of solid waste that cause great environmental damage and raise public concern, according to the State Council, China’s cabinet.

　　海关总署发言人张广志再新闻发布会上说到，自2013年起，70%的案件都发生在渤海湾，长江以及珠江三角洲地区。据国务院，即中国的内阁，相关消息，截至2017年年底，中国将禁止危害环境，群众反映强烈的固体垃圾的进口。

　　The State Council plan came after China notified the World Trade Organization last week that it will ban imports of 24 types of solid waste, including plastics, unsorted paper, textiles and vanadium slag by the end of 2017.

　　紧接着上周中国告知世界贸易组织，国务院就宣布2017年年底前，禁止进口24种固体废物，包括塑料，未经分拣的废纸，废纺织原料以及钒渣等。

　　China started to import solid waste as raw material to make up for the domestic shortage of resources in the 1980s, but some companies illegally smuggle foreign garbage into the country for profit, damaging the environment and public health.

　　20世纪80年代，为缓解国内资源短缺问题，中国开始进口固体废物当作原材料。然而一些公司为了经济利益走私洋垃圾，严重破坏环境以及损害公民健康。

　　The government is stepping up the fight against pollution and environmental degradation as decades of fast growth have left the country with smog, polluted water and contaminated soil.

　　中国政府正在逐步治理污染，因为多年来过度追求经济增长，给中国留下诸如雾霾，水污染，土壤污染等环境问题。

　　China’s medium-sized and large cities imported 47 million tonnes of solid waste in 2015, down 5.3 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).

　　据环保局资料，2015年中国大中城市共进口4700万吨固体废物，并以每年5.3个百分点的速度降低。