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Chongqing Launches Third Phase Resettlement Scheme

A total of 23,400 people are expected to move out of the Chongqing reservoir areas of the Three Gorges Project in the third phase of the resettlement scheme, which started Saturday.


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A total of 23,400 people are expected to move out of the Chongqing reservoir areas of the Three Gorges Project in the third phase of the resettlement scheme, which started Saturday.

The majority of those to be relocated live in the Wanzhou, Wushan, Fengjie and other four counties and will settle down in 11 provinces and municipality including Shanghai and Zhejiang Province in one and half years to the end of 2004.

The third phase of the resettlement will be divided into two parts. During the first part, preparations including making peopleunderstand the need and policies on the resettlement will be made and applications be accepted. In the second part, local farmers will pack up and gradually set off for their new residences.

Up to now, 140,000 people in the Three Gorges Reservoir area have moved out and lead a new life in other Chinese provinces.

According to the government plan, a total of 1.13 million people are expected to evacuate from the reservoir areas when the Three Gorges Project completes in 2009.


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