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The
Prevention and
Control of Pollution
With respect to preventing
and controlling industrial pollution and improving the urban environment
in an all-round way, China relies on improving supervision, management
and technology to promote environmental protection. In 1999, China
completed 22,258 scheduled environmental improvement projects, involving
a total investment of 12.31 billion yuan; 2,364 smoke-and-dust control
districts were set up in 536 cities; and 2,040 noise standardized
areas were established in 431 cities. The 144 enterprises by Dianshi
Lake, each pouring over 100 tons of waste water daily into the lake,
have been ordered to make improvements within a set time. The same
is true of the 109 enterprises by Chaohu Lake, each pouring over 100
tons of waste water into the lake daily. As a result, the rate of
industrial pollution emission along the valleys of Dianshi and Chaohu
lakes has reached the standard, and the water quality has greatly
improved. |
Water
equality inspectors
analyzing on-site a sample
of water from the
Huaihe River on
a monitoring boat.
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