China to start work on eco-city in new year

DALIAN, China (Reuters) - China will start building the country's first eco-city in the new year and plans four other radical new urban developments as it seeks to tackle pollution, the head of the firm designing the projects said on Saturday. Peter Head, Director of engineering firm Arup, said they will not need subsidies to make money because developers spend less on infrastructure and have been given generous land use rights on the crowded east coast where real estate is at a premium.