China to Spread Use of Clean CoalChina plans to spread the use of clean coal and improve the quality of coal in an effort to reduce pollution in the Tenth Five-Year Plan period (2001-2005).According to a recent plan mapped out by the State Administration of Coal Industry, more than 95 percent of the coal will be processed before entering the market, a number of large coal distribution centers will be built and efforts will be made to upgrade a number of power stations fueled with low-quality coal. In addition, the country will build a batch of large and high-standard coal production, processing and marketing bases. Analysts note that coal will remain the major source of energy in the early 21st century, and people will pay more attention to the development of efficient and clean energy with the improvement of living conditions. |
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