China Power Investment Corporation was the owner of one of eight power stations fined for "violations of the law on control of sulfur dioxide emissions." A news report on a statement by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Development and Reform Commission stated that "The plants were punished for excessive discharges of sulfur dioxide, deactivating desulfurizing or emission-monitoring equipment, as well as fabricating emissions data." However, the report did not indicate whether all the plants were found guilty of these breaches or not.[3]