- Shares of Tri-Tech Holding (TRIT +32.1%) spike suddenly on heavy volume.
- Some suggest the move is attributable to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's signing of a new decree which mandates that governments above the county level integrate urban drainage and sewage treatment facilities in their economic planning efforts.
- In order to address a "grave" water pollution situation, the government is raising the amount allocated to water pollution control in major drainage areas to ¥500B over five years from ¥300B over the previous five-year period.