Environmental Protection

 

 

Item

Unit

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1. Basic conditions of environmental protection system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of people engaged in environmental protection

10,000

9

9.6

10.3

11.2

11.8

12.9

Number of supervising and administrative personnel

10,000

1.5

1.7

2.0

2.3

2.9

3.1

Number of people engaged in environment monitoring

10,000

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

4.0

Environment monitoring stations

2155

2223

2170

2127

2111

2249

2. Environmental pollution control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rate of construction projects subject to evaluation of their influence on surrounding environment

%

81.6

81.6

85.0

91.1

90.5

91.5

Number of environmental pollution control projects completed within the specified time

4527

5517

4533

11935

22258

38101

Investment in environmental pollution control projects set for completion within the specified time

100 million yuan

37.8

42.4

78.9

69.4

123.1

208

Rate of industrial waste water discharge up to standard

%

55.4

59.1

61.8

65.3

66.4

82.2

Rate of treated industrial waste gas

%

82.5

84.4

86.3

87.1

85.1

89.8

Rate of comprehensive treatment of industrial solid wastes

%

66.3

60.5

62.2

62.5

59.3

51.8

Number of smoke/dust control zones in cities

3002

2319

2339

2446

2364

2718

Area of smoke/dust control zones

Sq. km

12532

12961

15791

13796

16000

18000

Number of noise control zones up to standard in cities

1862

1734

1822

1814

2040

2288

Area of noise control zones

Sq. km

4733

6222

6913

8148

8975

13000

Number of heavy-polluting enterprises banned and closed

 

60700

65244

 

9175

19498

3. Protection of ecological environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of nature reserves

793

799

926

926

1146

1227

#State level

98

106

124

136

137

155

Area of nature reserves

10,000 hectares

7172

7185

7698

7671

8815.2

9821

Proportion of the area of nature reserves to the total land area

%

7.18

7.19

7.67

7.67

8.80

9.9

Number of ecological demonstration zones

 

 

 

 

151

275

#State level

 

 

 

 

92

213

Area of ecological demonstration zones

10,000 hectares

 

 

 

 

3330.9

 

Note: The number of ecological demonstration zones and the area of ecological demonstration zones were new indicators added in 1999.