The Togtoh Industrial Park, a pilot of third-party environmental pollution treatment reform in Inner Mongolia’s Togtoh county, is advocating the PPP model for environmental pollution treatment. To date, a full-fledged waste water treatment system was established thanks to a partnership with private and non-governmental enterprises.

PPP means Public-Private-Partnership, which encourages the privately-owned and non-governmental enterprises to cooperate with governments for the construction of public infrastructure.

Two workers check the water quality in a sewage treatment plant in Togtoh Industrial Park in Hohhot’s Togtoh county, Inner Mongolia, on July 17.  [Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua]

A worker monitors aluminum hydroxide extraction in a cyclic resources plant in Hohhot’s Togtoh Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia, on July 17. [Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua]

 A worker handles aluminum ingot extracted from pulverized fuel ash in a factory based in Toghot Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia on July 17. [Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua]