G20 Foundation Publications China 2016 | Page 91

Tough trade-off s Development via industrialisation also brings with it pollution. In China, the shift of heavy industry upstream to promote economic development inland has narrowed the income gap between coastal and inland areas but this has also meant that China’s waterways are not just transporting goods between provinces but also pollution. There is thus an urgent need to look toward sustainable economic development. Nowhere is this more important in China than the Yang