Hubei plans to invest $203b to further green efforts

Central China's Hubei province plans to invest a total of 1.3 trillion yuan ($203 billion) in 91 major projects in an effort to pursue green development and sustainable development, the province's Party secretary said on Wednesday.

Jiang Chaoliang, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said at a media conference in Beijing that the province will explore a development path to take advantage of its natural resources as a driving force for Hubei's economy.

The province will speed up the conversion of old and new energy, boost the development of 10 major industries such as integrated circuits, and promote the industrial technology reform of enterprises to achieve green and sustainable development.