China Sets Target for Environmental Protection of Coming 5 Years, 15 Years
Posted on: Thursday, 24 November 2005, 09:00 CST
China sets target for environmental protection of coming 5 years, 15 years
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or the Chinese central government, on Wednesday set targets for environmental protection for the next five and fifteen years.
The State Council on Wednesday discussed and adopted in principle the resolution on strengthening environmental protection and implementing the scientific conception on development at an executive meeting, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The meeting proposed environmental protection objectives for upcoming five years and fifteen years, saying that up to 2010, the environmental quality of heavily-polluted cities and regions should be improved and the ecological deteriorating tendency should be curbed; and up to 2020, the country's environmental quality and ecological status should be improved remarkably.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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