43% increase in environmental investment in China 1998.09.15

According to the latest "China Environmental status Report," published by the Directorate General of Environmental Protection in China, the environmental investment in China in 1998 was 72,100,008,000 million yuan (approximately 1.8 trillion yen), up 43. 7 percent increase. Of these, urban environmental protection is 45.6 billion yuan and 77. 7 percent increase and showed high growth. The National Development Planning Committee of China has clarified the policy to cultivate the environmental protection industry as an emerging industry, and the environmental response is gradually becoming active in China.