The central picture on Beijing News shows a man feeding water to a pig on a truck in order to increase the weight of pork after it is slaughtered at a farm in Changping district, Beijing.

Social conflicts due to environmental pollution have risen about 25 percent annually since 1997, and protests in many cities further show increasing public awareness of green growth. China is under heavy pressure to transform its growth pattern to be energy and resource-efficient and environment-friendly, an editorial of People's Daily says.