China Sets Five-year Goal to Save Water, PetroleumChina will control the annual rate of increased industrial water consumption within 1.2 percent in five years, and save 20 million tons of petroleum by using other forms of energy as substitutes.China worked out the general goal for the 10th Five-Year Plan period (2001-2005) in the bid to save the two important energy resources, said Wang Wanbin, vice director of the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) Tuesday at a working conference here for the purpose. China is now in great need of water, and the demand of petroleum will definitely jump up as the industrialization is in rapid progress. The commission will initiate structural adjustment, technological renovation and enterprise management on power generation, textile, petrochemical production, paper making, iron and steel industries to save some 18 billion cubic meters of water by the end of the year 2005. Firm control and reforms on industries of power generation, petrochemical, iron and steel, and architectural materials will help to save 15 million tons of petroleum. Other measures include reforming the national industrial layout, encouraging the technological and equipment research and development. |
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