Guangzhou in South China Becoming Greener
12/2/97
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Headline: Guangzhou in South China Becoming Greener
Source: CNN
Date: 12/2/97
Copyright 1997: Cable News Network, Inc. A Time Warner Company
GUANGZHOU (Dec. 2) XINHUA - Guangzhou, capital of South
China's Guangdong Province, has worked out an afforestation
plan to make the city greener.
According to the plan, the city will spend 700 million yuan
(87.5 million US dollars) on an ecologically-sound forest
around the city in the next five years.
This year, Guangzhou has used 120 million yuan for planting
trees and grass in parks and gardens, a 62.7 percent
increase over the amount for 1996.
A group of projects for forest improvement and afforestation
at quarries are all going well.
The city's forest coverage has risen to 40.3 percent from
29.4 percent seven years ago.