Discontent over environment in Guangdong 'rising': poll  

民调显示：广东民众对生态环境不满意度持续上升

广州社情民意研究中心8日发布的一份调查报告显示，有31%的广东受访民众对当地生态环境表示“不满意”和“不太满意”，该数据比三年前上升了7个百分点，广东民众近三年来对生态环境的不满意度持续上升。

Guangzhou (CNS) – Thirty-one percent of Guangdong residents have expressed discontent in a survey about local environmental conditions, up 7 percentage points from a year ago, according to the Canton Public Opinion Research Center on Monday.

The survey, conducted among the southern province's urban and rural residents in March, shows that 68 percent of the respondents expressed satisfaction with the environment, down 6 percentage points from 2011.

Dissatisfaction with water quality is at 37 percent, up 8 percentage points from last year, while dissatisfaction over air quality has hit 37 percent, up 11 percentage points compared to last year, the survey says.

Environmental protection work by the local government has come in at 30 percent, up 4 percentage points from 2011.

The Canton Public Opinion Research Center, a non-profit legal entity, is the earliest public opinion research organization on the Chinese mainland.