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Yang Yong, a scientist and environmentalist with the Research Institute of Hengduan Mountains, thinks the discontinuation order of the Ministry of Environmental Protection has produced a deterrent effect. 'It shows the central government has attached great importance to environmental protection in southwest China.' [Photo from CCTV]

Yang Yong, a scientist and environmentalist with the Research Institute of Hengduan Mountains, thinks the discontinuation order of the Ministry of Environmental Protection has produced a deterrent effect. "It shows the central government has attached great importance to environmental protection in southwest China." [Photo from CCTV]

(China.org.cn by Li Jingrong June 22, 2009)

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