9. PRC Environment
Xinhua News Agency ("CHINA'S WEST-TO-EAST GAS PIPELINE PROVED AN ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY PROJECT," November 4, 2005, Beijing) reported that the giant project pumping natural gas from PRC's energy-rich West to energy-thirsty East passed environmental appraisal organized by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) on November 4. According to the appraisal team, all environmental protection targets have effectively been completed during the construction and operation of the project, which has reached the environmental protection requirements of both the state and local governments. The 4,000 kilometer-long pipeline runs through different geographical conditions including desert, grassland, farmland and rivers, passes regions with state-listed nature preserves or cultural relics and traverses the ancient Great Wall 12 times.
http://www.nautilus.org/aesenet/2005/NOV0905/XNA_PRCenvir.pdf
Xinhua News Agency (Wang Jingzhong, "CHINA FOCUS: CHINA VOWS TO CURB POLLUTION, BUILD ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SOCIETY," November 2, 2005, Beijing) reported that "environment-friendly" will be a key word in PRC's future development as the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has set a target of building such a society in its recent plenum to battle pollution and sustain economic growth. The fifth plenary session of 16the CPC Central Committee proposed to "build a resources-saving and environment-friendly society", underscoring that it will be a strategic task for PRC's mid- and long-term economic and social development. "This is a strategic option of China," said Liu Hongliang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), citing this as the only way to put the country on the track of sustainable development.
http://www.nautilus.org/aesnet/2005/NOV0905/XNA_PRCenvir2.pdf
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