Tainted farmland to be restored
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Farming">Farming</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="contaminated">contaminated</span> <span word="arable">arable</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Belgium">Belgium</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="halted">halted</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="rehabilitated">rehabilitated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="security">security</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Environmental">Environmental</span> <span word="Protection">Protection</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="affects">affects</span> <span word="about">about</span> 3.33 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span>, <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Shiyuan">Shiyuan</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resources">resources</span>, <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="finding">finding</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="geographical">geographical</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Land">Land</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Resources">Resources</span>," <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Arable">Arable</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="totaled">totaled</span> 135.4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 15 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottom">bottom</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="security">security</span>, <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>, <span word="citing">citing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stable">stable</span> <span word="cultivated">cultivated</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="drop">drop</span> <span word="to">to</span> 120 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hectares">hectares</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="farmland">farmland</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="converted">converted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forests">forests</span>, <span word="grasslands">grasslands</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wetlands">wetlands</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="unusable">unusable</span>, <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2006 <span word="and">and</span> 2010, <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Environmental">Environmental</span> <span word="Protection">Protection</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Land">Land</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Resources">Resources</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="public">public</span>.</p><p><span word="Bai">Bai</span> <span word="Chengshou">Chengshou</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ecology">ecology</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="future">future</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="included">included</span>.</p><p><span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="swaths">swaths</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="polluted">polluted</span> <span word="farmland">farmland</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="concentrated">concentrated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northeastern">northeastern</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="belt">belt</span>.</p>
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