the city of jin chiang has a poor reputation in china it's one of the most polluted cities in the country it's skyline peppered with mines coal processing facilities and heavy industry plants according to data from the ministry of a college and environment last winter jim chiang failed to meet government targets on cutting damaging pollution as a result dozens of mines and factories were forced to shut down. local shephard mr gao says the measures have improved and quality. for all used to burn and stink everything was polluted really burned and stay. closing the mines and factories however has sent shock waves through the local economy unemployment is high here the problem is common across china's coal heartland cities struggle to strike a balance between environmental concerns and keeping their economies afloat many here are critical of last winter's small crackdown factories were forced to close whether they'd implemented pollution controls or not this year beijing has promised to be more business friendly gin chang however is unlikely to enjoy any leniency because of its past failures