83.7% of Chinese worry about water security

时间：2007-09-19 05:52:15

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Chinanews, Beijing, September 19 - - Last week, the Social Investigation1 Center and Tencent.com have jointly2 conducted a survey covering 8,238 people, on the water security issue. More than 97.2% of the respondents are anxious about severe water pollution; 68.4% of the respondents even believe water pollution has reached a fatal condition; 89.6% think water quality has been deteriorating3; and 83.7% are deeply worried about water security.

 

This year, several blue-algae crises caused by pollution broke out in China, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

 

“The ground water of 50% of Chinese cities has been polluted polluted, and 300 million rural population have no water security to speak of at all,” said Zhou Shengxian, the director of the National Environmental Protection Administration.

 

In 2005 alone, 693 water pollution accidents took place in China.

 

Wang Jing, a law professor from Peking University, suggested that China should issue a law to define the responsibilities of local government officials in water pollution and the central government should authorize4 local governments to control water pollution.

 
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1 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
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  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
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  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
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恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )
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  • The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
  • I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
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v.授权，委任；批准，认可
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  • He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
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