Top Biz News

    Targets set to protect environment

    By Li Fangchao (China Daily)
    Updated: 2006-06-06 08:42
    Large Medium Small

    The drive for economic growth is clashing with efforts to safeguard the environment, the government warned yesterday.

    "The conflict between the environment and development is becoming ever more prominent," said Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005), a white paper which contains an overview of environment protection work over the last decade.

    Despite government efforts, the environmental picture is not improving, and is, in fact, worsening, and "allows for no optimism," said Zhu Guangyao, deputy chief of the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), at a news conference to release the white paper.

    The damage to the environment is costing the government roughly 10 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, or about US$220 billion, Zhu said in response to a question, adding that it was a rough figure.

    China's GDP for 2005 was US$2.26 trillion.

    He acknowledged that some local officials were not implementing the central government's guidelines properly.

    "Some local governments are reluctant to implement, or are even working against, environmental laws," he said.

    This is because some officials are accustomed to being judged on growth above all else and are fearful of the economic impact of tighter environmental controls, he said.

    Song Zheng, a researcher with the Chinese Society for Sustainable Development, agreed.

    "Attracting investment still tops the agenda for many government officials, and GDP growth is still the only major criterion to appraise an official," Song said.

    Wang Rusong, from the Ecological Society of China, said that some environmental officials are caught between "the devil and the deep sea."

    "They will be removed if they don't perform their duty," he said. "But if they stop a project approved by local officials, I'm afraid they will be removed from their posts, too."

    But fortunately, "the State Council considers environment protection one of the 'brakes' in China's economic macro-control policies. It will play a more prominent role in the approval process," said Zhu.

    Projects will be cancelled if they? over-use land resources or affect the eco-environment negatively, said Zhu.

    Stricter assessment of construction projects, Zhu said, is just one of the measures to achieve the goals highlighted in the white paper.

    The main tasks for environment authorities in the next five years are:

    Controlling water pollution with a focus on safe drinking water.

    Urban environmental protection, especially controlling pollutants in cities.

    Reduction of sulphur dioxide discharge.

    Cut down soil pollution.

    The main targets set in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10): To reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 per cent and cut down the total amount of major pollutants discharged by 10 per cent while still maintaining an average 7.5 per cent GDP growth.

    Agencies, Xinhua contributed to the story

    亚洲av无码不卡一区二区三区 | 亚洲午夜AV无码专区在线播放| 久久久这里有精品中文字幕| 久久久久久久久无码精品亚洲日韩 | 成在人线av无码免费高潮喷水| 少女视频在线观看完整版中文| 日日麻批免费40分钟无码| 亚洲国产中文字幕在线观看| 欧美 亚洲 日韩 中文2019| 国产成人无码精品一区二区三区 | 亚洲色无码一区二区三区| 中文字幕一区二区精品区| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区在线观看| 日韩精品无码熟人妻视频| 日韩a级无码免费视频| 中文国产成人精品久久亚洲精品AⅤ无码精品| a级毛片无码兔费真人久久| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕 | 亚洲一区日韩高清中文字幕亚洲| 中文字幕久久精品无码| 亚洲精品无码专区2| 无码日韩人妻AV一区二区三区| yy111111少妇影院里无码| 精品少妇人妻av无码久久| 未满十八18禁止免费无码网站| 亚洲人成影院在线无码按摩店| 成人无码WWW免费视频| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AWWW| 日日摸夜夜爽无码毛片精选| 高清无码v视频日本www| 最近高清中文在线字幕在线观看 | 欧美中文在线视频| 新版天堂资源中文8在线| 最近高清中文字幕免费| 在线亚洲欧美中文精品| 亚洲中文字幕伊人久久无码| 炫硕日本一区二区三区综合区在线中文字幕| 中文字幕在线看视频一区二区三区 | AA区一区二区三无码精片| 国产高清无码视频| 亚洲AV无码一区二区一二区 |