In pilot, Hainan seeks to create a world-class zone of ecological civilization

Hainan province will seek greater cooperation with leading international institutions and think tanks as it creates a world-class ecological civilization zone using international standards, a senior environmental official said at a news conference on Monday.

While launching a large number of projects to help safeguard the top quality of its air, water and soil resources this year, Hainan will turn to ecologically excellent countries to learn from their experience and draw medium-and long-term plans for construction of the Hainan pilot ecological civilization zone, said Deng Xiaogang, director of the Hainan Provincial Ecology and Environment Department.

At a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on deepening overall reform, the implementation plan for the (Hainan) National Pilot Ecological Civilization Zone was approved, along with a plan for Hainan Tropical Rainforest Pilot National Park.