China announces green targets for 2011
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China Monday unveiled its 2011 targets for energy conservation and emission reductions in the country's industrial produciton, aiming to cut energy consumption per unit of industrial value-added output by 4 percent this year.
China plans to reduce carbon dioxide emission and water use per unit of industrial value-added output by 4 percent and 7 percent this year, respectively, according to Su Bo, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Ratio of Industrial Solid Wastes Utilized will be raised by 2.2 percent.
By 2015, energy consumption, CO2 emmision and water use per unit of industrial value-added output will be slashed by 18 percent, 18 percent and 30 percent, respectively, from the 2010 level. All these three green targets have been raised compared to the target set by the MIIT by the end of last year.
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