"DriWater" Products to Help More Saplings SurviveA jelly-like product will be widely used this year in China's drought-prone areas to help more saplings survive.The "DriWater" product can make more saplings survive extreme drought by providing water for three months if buried underground. China put the new product into a trial use in six provinces and autonomous regions in north and northwest China last year. A panel of experts were invited to appraise the experimental results early this year. Experts believed that the product created by American scientists can effectively increase the survival rate of saplings in harsh places, such as deserts and other arid areas. Yili Group Co. of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region signed a contract with the U.S. IETD Inc. with a total investment of 27.2 million yuan (3.3 million U.S. dollars) in February. They agreed to set up two production lines and produce 192,000 liters of "DriWater" products daily starting from early March. The product is scheduled to be launched before March 12, the National Tree-Planting Day of China. China has attached importance to ecological protection since a dozen sandstorms swept north and northwest China in th spring of last year. Some advisors to the government said more efforts should be made as the first day of 2001 was dusted by a whirly sandstorm from the barren north. |
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