Shanghai sets GDP target to protect environment ( 2003-10-08 09:44) (China Daily)
Shanghai is to invest more than 3 per cent of its gross domestic product on
environmental protection under the city's new three-year environmental
protection plan.
The plan was launched on September 16 and is the second of its kind to be
implemented by the city government. It involves nearly 200 projects and covers
water and air pollution and the planting of trees and grass.
Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said environmental work in the city should
contribute to the improvement of the city's layout, industrial restructuring,
city management and the upgrading of local residents' living standards.
The East China city will try to become a model for big Chinese cities in
terms of solving pollution problems, he told a conference on promoting
environmental protection.
The September 16 conference was the first held by the city government's newly
established environmental protection co-ordination and promotion committee.
Xie Zhenhua, minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration,
is one of five environmental protection advisers to Shanghai.
Han, also director of the committee, said a long-term system for developing
environmental protection in Shanghai should be established. The city's first
three-year environmental protection plan was implemented from 2000 to
2002.
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