A plan to expand a petrochemical plant in China’s Zhejiang province has been scrapped after protesting crowds gathered in Ningbo over several days.
Crowds opposed to the expansion clashed with police and thousands of protestors were dispersed by security forces on Saturday.
Protestors again marched on the district government office on Sunday, calling for a stop to the project.
"There is very little public confidence in the government," protester Liu Li told the Associated Press.
"Who knows if they are saying this just to make us leave and then keep on doing the project,"
On Sunday evening the local government announced that the project would not go ahead, after meeting protestors to hear their demands.
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