Sustainable water use
China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-15 07:27
THE VOWED 30 PERCENT REDUCTION IN WATER consumption for every 10,000-yuan ($1,560) of gross domestic product (GDP) during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015) highlights the Chinese authorities' determination to bring the country's fast-growing economy back onto a more sustainable and greener track.
It should also serve as a concrete measure for the world's most populous nation to launch an urgently needed campaign for water conservation.
Vice-Minister of Water Resources, Jiao Yong, highlighted this point on Wednesday while elaborating the five-year program for national water resources development.
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