Government Commits Funds in Pollution Control

Anthony R. Brach (brach@oeb.harvard.edu)
Mon, 08 Dec 1997 06:52:07 -0500

fyi, from the China News Digest (retransmission permitted for non-profit
purposes).

Anthony

(3) Government Commits Funds in Pollution Control

[CND, 12/07/97] The Chinese government announced a commitment of 56 billion
dollars in the next five years to control pollution, the official Xinhua
news agency reported on Friday. China would seek international investment
and cooperation in its environmental protection industry, said Xie Zhenhua,
Director for Bureau of Environment Protection. Meanwhile, China has just
obtained a 140 million dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank for its
projects to control water pollution in Anhui province. (Dong LIU, Guochen
WAN)