EU donates 10mln euros for Yangtze River soil conservation

时间：2006-09-30 07:29:25

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Chinanews, Beijing, Sept. 28 – The European Union, the World Bank and the Chinese Ministry1 of Water Resources on Tuesday kicked off a joint-funded program in Wuhan in Hubei province. The program aims to improve the natural conditions in the Yangtze River and Pearl River delta2 regions. EU has donated 10 million euros to the program for soil conservation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River where the economy is relatively3 poor.

 

By applying biophysical means and other methods, the program aims to raise utilization4 efficiency of natural resources and local resources in those places. The World Bank has provided big loans for the program. Chinese government has also allocated5 a large sum of money. With EU donation, the program can further cover the poor places in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

 

Meanwhile, EU has also worked with the Ministry of Water Resources, the General Administration of Environmental Protection, the Yangtze River Water Conservation Committee and the Yellow River Resource Committee to jointly6 set up the EU-China River Management Program, under which EU will provide 15 million euros. The program aims to explore new means to better manage the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. Methods used in the management program will be applied7 to a related program that focuses on problem solving, so that they can achieve more effective results when working together. The EU-China River Management Program will be kicked off in January 2007 and last for 5 years. It is expected that methods used in this program can serve as a good example for similar river management issues in other parts of China.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
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  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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  • He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
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  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
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  • Computer has found an increasingly wide utilization in all fields.电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域得到应用。
  • Modern forms of agricultural utilization,have completely refuted this assumption.现代农业利用形式，完全驳倒了这种想象。
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  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
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