USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / World

Hot Words

China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-19 07:39

除 "四害" (chu sihai)

Eliminate the Four Pests

A State effort to motivate the public to eliminate pests to improve public hygienic conditions and prevent epidemics carried by these pests.

Initiated in 1955, the four pests to be eliminated were rats, sparrows, flies and mosquitoes. In 1960, sparrows were removed from the list and bedbugs were included. Now, the four pests are rats, cockroaches, flies and mosquitoes. Special administrative departments in local governments organize annul campaigns to eliminate these pests and their habitats.

(China Daily 06/19/2008 page8)

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US