中国与世界，环境危机大家谈 WHERE CHINA AND THE WORLD DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENT
January 29, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
China still faces a serious threat from pollution despite recent clean-up efforts, the State Council said. The country’s cabinet added that China would step up investment in environmentally friendly industries, according to Reuters.
Enterprises within 300 kilometres of Shanghai will be subject to production control during the six-month World Expo if the city’s air quality falls below standards, China Daily said.
Municipal officials in Beijing want to boost the number of cyclists by 25% during the next five-year plan, The Guardian reported, citing Chinese media.
Premier Wen Jiabao will head China’s new National Energy Commission, China Daily said. The all-embracing energy agency is intended to better coordinate strategy formulation and development planning.
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Foshan, in Guangdong province, to oppose a sludge incineration programme being planned by a local power plant, according to Sohu.com.
China expects to exceed its targets for the reduction of major air and water pollutants under its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10), said China Daily, which cited the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Xie Zhenhua, China’s lead climate-change negotiator, said he was keeping an “open attitude” as to whether global warming was man-made or due to natural cycles, the BBC reported.
The deputy chief of the African Union, Erastus Mwencha, urged China to make greater efforts in addressing climate change, which has had serious consequences for African agriculture, according to Afriquejet.com.
In a deal said to be the first of its kind in Africa, China Nuclear National Corporation is to acquire nearly 40% of shares in a uranium mine in Niger, Alibaba.com quoted CNNC as saying. China is promoting nuclear-power development to minimize consumption of traditional fossil fuels.
The sea level in China late last year hit a record high for the past three decades, according to the State Oceanic Administration. China Daily said agency figures showed an average annual rise of 2.6 millimetres; the global average was 1.7 millimetres.
According to Sohu.com, people caught eating dog or cat meat face jail and fines under a draft proposal to protect China’s animals from maltreatment.
The cane toad, Australia’s most notorious wildlife pest, could end up on dinner tables and in medicinal treatments in Asia. The BBC said a representative from a Queensland company is to visit China in February to explore an export deal.
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