Recently, China has received US $3
billion to support its forthcoming
Cross-Century Green Project - the
biggest contributors being the
World Rank, the Asian Development Bank and Japan. This was stated by Xia Kunbao, director, International Cooperation of the
National Environmental Protection
Agency (NEPA).
The country is proposing drastic
measures to curb Its environmental
deterioration by AD 2010, informed
Qu Geping, former NEPA director
and China's most famous environmentalist, The first part of the plan
envisages 1,000 projects concerning
water control and water and solid
waste pollution.
NEPA figures show that more
than 70 per cent of the pollutants In
China come from industry. In, 1996,
US $880 million will be spent from
the Overseas Economic Cooperation
Fund of Japan for nine of the Cross-
Century Green Project plans concerning sewage treatment. These
will also deal with air pollution
which is a thre, at to Japan's environment. To complete these nine projects, an additional US $1.64 bilion
will be required.
"The goal of an end to the environmental deterioration by AD 2010
can only be achieved if necessary
caution is taken in the nation's
rapid development,' said Qu
Geping. now chairperson of the
National People's Congress
Environmental and Resources
Protection Committee, in an interview with the China Daily.
China wants to raise the share
of its environmental investments
from the present 0.7 to I.S per cent
-of its GDP by AD 2000. The, People's
Congress is considering 15 environmental protection bill's to be proposed to the government.
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