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Ａ　Ｃｌｅａｎ　Ｄｒｉｖｅ 　　 　　SHANXI is well known as a major source of the energy driving China’s social and economic development. The province supplies a quarter of the nation’s coal, two-fifths of its coke and one-17th of its coal-generated electricity. And as anywhere in the developing world, the boom of its energy and chemical industries, two of the mainstays of the local economy, has come at a cost to the environment and the region’s resources. 　　Now, the government has called for an end to the shortsighted practice of striving for economic gains at the expense of future generations. And major industrial players, including Shanxi Electric Power Corporation, are responding. 　　“Electricity is a symbol of modern civilization, and is fundamental to the realization of a prosperous society. As a big corporation, Shanxi Electric Power must meet its social responsibilities as it goes about making an economic contribution. That is the only way to win the public’s respect,” Wang Shuxiang, the company’s general manager, told his employees recently. 　　 　　Regulating Polluters 　　 　　Pollution is a chronic plague for Shanxi, and enforcing measures to address the problem often meets with tremendous local resistance. Many of the targets the government has set to reduce energy consumption and pollution remain unmet. To change the situation once and for all, Shanxi launched a concerted campaign against polluting enterprises in 2006, bringing together the efforts of 14 provincial administrations, including those of environmental protection, power, the railway, banks and the local inspection enforcement commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC). 　　In 2007, the provincial government signed pacts with nine of its cities to overhaul their iron and steel industries. Each city is now required to compile a list of polluting iron and steel manufacturers, and shut them down. Within a month of the list’s release, those on it will be cut off from water and power supplies, and banned fro