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Environment: Songhua River
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-03-30 14:24 China will invest 10 billion
yuan (around 1.2 billion US dollars) over the next five years to curb the
pollution of the northeastern Songhua River, according to a plan approved by
China's State Council on Wednesday.
The plan is to prevent and control pollution in the drainage area of the
river, which flows into a river on the China-Russia border. While approving the
plan, the executive meeting of the State Council chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao
also ordered the launch of a batch of projects to tackle industrial sources of
pollution and treat urban sewage.
A senior official with the State Bureau of Environment Protection (SBEP) said
the plan will include more than 200 projects, among which 100 or more will work
on pollution caused by industrial production. It is expected to enhance the
ability to reduce chemical oxygen depletion (COD) by 70,000 tons each year.
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