Chinese companies seal country's first rainwater trading deal

Move could boost 'sponge city' initiative to combat droughts and floods

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Two Chinese companies have started trading in rainwater, the first commercialization of an unconventional resource in a move that authorities hope could support the country's "sponge city" projects.

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