China successful in water and soil conservation (crienglish.com) Updated: 2005-04-05 13:44 China has made substantial
progress in water and soil conservation by exercising control over 370 thousand
square kilometers of land.
In addition to foreign investments of 3.6 billion yuan or 433 million US
dollars, 25 billion yuan or three billion US dollars from local governments and
various social circles has been spent in improving agricultural production
conditions, ecological environment and local people's living conditions.
The Chinese Ministry of Water Resources has focused on water and soil
conservation in the reservoir area of the Three Gorges dam, the world's largest
hydropower project on the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The Three Gorges area's silt level has decreased by 60 percent in recent
years.
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