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This year alone, 37 enterprises have been closed due to heavy damage to the Xiangjiang River, 18 have been eliminated altogether and 976 pollution control projects have been implemented, according to the province's development and reform commission. Companies and factories are to be assessed by the end of each year. Those failing to meet the environmental standards will either be closed or corrected within a prescribed time limit.