Plans to curb sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin
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word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sandstorms">sandstorms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="metropolises">metropolises</span>.</p><p><span word="Sandstorm">Sandstorm</span>-<span word="control">control</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="expanded">expanded</span> <span word="from">from</span> 75 <span word="counties">counties</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="to">to</span> 138 <span word="counties">counties</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span>, <span word="Shanxi">Shanxi</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Inner">Inner</span> <span word="Mongolia">Mongolia</span> <span word="autonomous">autonomous</span> <span word="region">region</span>.</p><p><span word="June">June</span> 14 <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Low">Low</span> <span word="Carbon">Carbon</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>, <span word="starting">starting</span> 2013.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="measure">measure</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="converted">converted</span> <span word="about">about</span> 9.27 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="arable">arable</span> <span word="farmland">farmland</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="grassland">grassland</span>, <span word="between">between</span> 1999 <span word="and">and</span> 2006, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Over">Over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="in">in</span> 15 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="barren">barren</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hills">hills</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="evaluations">evaluations</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 99 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="grass">grass</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="survived">survived</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="barren">barren</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="converting">converting</span> <span word="cultivated">cultivated</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="grassland">grassland</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2007, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wu">Wu</span> <span word="Lijun">Lijun</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conversion">conversion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="farmland">farmland</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Forestry">Forestry</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span>.</p>
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