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China imposes curbs on high-polluting industry across Three Gorges  

官方:禁止可能发生重大污染事故项目进三峡库区

据中国政府网消息,国务院近日就《全国对口支援三峡库区合作规划(2014-2020年)》作出批复。批复指出,三峡库区作为国家重点的淡水资源库,产业布局必须充分考虑对生态环境的影响,严格控制化工、医药、电子等污染较重的产业项目,禁止有可能发生重大污染事故的产业项目进入库区,以保护三峡水库生态环境。[查看全文]
2014-08-26 15:03 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Gu Liping
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A boat is encircled by floating wastes in the Three Gorges Reservoir in Zigui county, Central China's Hubei province on August 24, 2014. [Photo: China News Service/ Liu Junfeng]
A boat is encircled by floating wastes in the Three Gorges Reservoir in Zigui county, Central China's Hubei province on August 24, 2014. [Photo: China News Service/ Liu Junfeng]

(ECNS) -- The Chinese Government has announced strict new curbs on high-polluting industry to prevent pollution of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, following a related incident earlier this month.

The State Council indicated in a written reply on the guideline on partner assistance across the Three Gorges that the number of heavy-polluting industry projects, including chemical, medicinal and electronic, should be limited while those posing a risk of pollution must be banned in the area.

Meanwhile, production safety rules should be enforced to protect the ecological environment, it added.

The curbs follow an incident earlier this month involving water from a reservoir in southwest China's Chongqing in the Three Gorges area being polluted by untreated waste discharged by a sulfur concentrate washery in neighboring Hubei province.

On the other hand, it is a big task to promote the region's economy, as most counties lag behind in industrial development, the State Council commented.

The government has encouraged the area to develop industries with local advantages and promote ecological agriculture, tourism and logistic industries to boost employment.

The guideline also called for partner assistance models and preferential policies to support education in the Three Gorges Reservoir region.

 

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