Wuxi aims to become ecologically sound city

BEIJING - Wuxi, a city in Jiangsu province, has vowed to continue its efforts to clean up Taihu Lake and become China's first ecologically sound city this year.

Mao Xiaoping, the city's mayor, is determined to turn the previous manufacturing center in East China into a high-tech base with low carbon emissions and low pollution.

"Wuxi aims to form a modern industrial pattern focusing on new energy, bio-technology and pharmaceutical industry. We will also boost the development of ecological agriculture," Mao said on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC).