Jilin Province in 2015 officially implemented a ban plastic order” and became China’s first province with a comprehensive ban for plastic bags. The production and sale of non-degradable disposable plastic shopping bags and plastic cutlery has now become a habit, and offenders are sentenced to fines of 1,000 yuan up to 30,000 yuan. Biodegradable plastics production is now 60,000 t.”
China Bio news release, February 1, 2016
Plastic bag ban in Jilin Province seems successful