--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies


Beijing to Have 500 Hectares Green Area in 2005

By 2005, 500 hectares of Beijing will be green with trees and flowers, said sources with the municipal parks and woods bureau on Thursday.

 

One million trees and three million flowers will be planted in the Beijing, making 200 more hectares of the city green.

 

By the end of December 2004, Beijing had 41.8 percent of its area covered by trees and flowers, meaning that it met its goal of 40 percent one year ahead of schedule.

 

According to the goals of holding a "Green Olympics" in 2008, Beijing will make 45 percent of its area planted with trees and flowers with the average per capita public green area reaching 15 square meters.

 

To realize this goal, the city will build or rebuild 100 parks and tree-lined avenues and 100 new green communities in 2005, said sources with the municipal parks and woods.

 

Also in 2005, Beijing's walls, roofs and balconies will be planted. Buildings alongside main avenues of the city will have 100 thousand square meters of their roofs become green.

 

More than 10,000 meters of public greenbelts will be built in suburb of Beijing this year and disaster prevention establishments will be set up in these belts.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 14, 2005)

More Trees for the Capital
Beijing to Further Promote 'Green Olympics' Theme
Economic Powerhouse Goes Green
Afforestation Plan Makes Major Progress
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688