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China's energy-saving campaign
www.chinanews.cn 2005-08-17 15:19:34
Chinanews, Beijing, Aug.16 (By Yu Jingbo) - In the summer heat of August, a national energy-saving campaign is just underway.
Though known as a country with vast territory and abundant resources, China has little to boast in terms of per capita resources. The average per capita levels of some significant resources like water and mineral are lower than the world's average level. Due to outdated equipment and technology and lagged-behind social awareness, resources are being wasted in shocking manners. The high-energy-consuming lighting in Beijing alone can use up in a single year all electricity Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant is able to generate.
Confronted with deficiency of resources and scandalous waste, the Chinese government has set up the goal to realize fourfold economy growth with energy consumption increasing only 100% by the year 2020. To reach this goal, it is imperative for the Chinese government to list energy-saving in its daily agenda.
National Development and Reform Commission deputy director Zhang Guobao pointed out in an interview with Chinanews that the final version of China's medium and long-term energy savings plan has listed energy-saving and efficiency-oriented policy as its top priority. The plan also states clearly that China should not develop extensive economic mode. A series of regulations and policies will be issued to regulate export-oriented industries involving high-energy-consuming, high-pollution and resource products.
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