| Environmental Protection | ||||||||||
| Item | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| 1. Basic Conditions of Environmental Protection System | ||||||||||
| Total Number of People
Engaged in Environmental Protection |
10,000 persons | 9 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 15.2 | ||
| Number of Supervising and Administrative Personnel | 10,000 persons | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| Number of People Engaged
in Environment Monitoring |
10,000 persons | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Environment Monitoring Stations | 2155 | 2223 | 2170 | 2111 | 2249 | 2229 | 2232 | |||
| 2. Environmental Pollution Control | ||||||||||
| Rate of Construction Projects Subject to Evaluation
of Their Influence on Surrounding Environment |
% | 81.6 | 81.6 | 85 | 90.5 | 91.5 | 92.0 | |||
| Number of Environmental Pollution Control Projects Completed Within the Specified Time | 4527 | 5517 | 4533 | 24907 | 38101 | 19571 | 24427 | |||
| Investment
in Environmental Pollution Control Projects Set for Completion Within the
Specified Time |
million yuan | 37.8 | 42.4 | 78.9 | 123.1 | 317.5 | 117 | 99.3 | ||
| Rate of
Industrial Waste Water Discharge up to Standard |
% | 55.4 | 59.1 | 61.8 | 66.4 | 82.2 | 85.7 | 88.4 | ||
| Rate of
Treated Industrial Waste Gas |
% | 82.5 | 84.4 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 89.8 | ||||
| Rate of
Comprehensive Treatment of Industrial Solid Wastes |
% | 66.3 | 60.5 | 62.2 | 59.3 | 51.8 | 52.1 | 51.9 | ||
| Number
of Smoke/Dust Control Zones in Cities |
3002 | 2319 | 2339 | 2364 | 2981 | 3314 | 3369 | |||
| Area of
Smoke/Dust Control Zones |
Sq. km | 12532 | 12961 | 15791 | 16000 | 20000 | 21000 | 25000 | ||
| Number
of Noise Control Zones up to Standard in Cities |
1862 | 1734 | 1822 | 2040 | 2463 | 3121 | 3128 | |||
| Area of Noise Control Zones | Sq. km | 4733 | 6222 | 6913 | 8975 | 13000 | 14000 | 16000 | ||
| Number
of Heavy-polluting Enterprises Banned and Closed |
60700 | 65244 | 9175 | 19498 | 7047 | 8070 | ||||
| 3. Protection of Ecological Environment | ||||||||||
| Total Number
of Nature Reserves |
793 | 799 | 926 | 1146 | 1227 | 1551 | 1757 | |||
| State
Level Nature Reserves |
98 | 106 | 124 | 137 | 155 | 171 | 188 | |||
| Area of Nature Reserves | 10,000 hectares | 7172 | 7185 | 7698 | 8815.2 | 9821 | 12989 | 13295 | ||
| Proportion
of the Area of Nature Reserves to the Total Land Area |
% | 7.18 | 7.19 | 7.67 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 13.2 | ||
| Number of Ecological Demonstration Zones | 215 | 314 | ||||||||
| State Level Ecological Demonstration Zones | 82 | 82 | ||||||||
| Area of Ecological Demonstration Zones | 10,000 hectares | 3330.9 | ||||||||
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The number of ecological demonstration zones and the area of ecological demonstration zones were new |
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| indicators added in 1999. | ||||||||||