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Local gov'ts 'ignoring' green model
By Fu Jing (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-23 06:34

Some local governments are investing heavily in high resources consuming
sectors, ignoring the central government's decision to save energy and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC) officials said yesterday.

Failure to meet the central government's green targets, the officials fear,
could "indirectly hinder social harmony".

"The central government is committed to achieving the (green) targets but
some local governments have turned a blind eye to them," He Bingguang,
deputy director of an NDRC department, said at an energy saving forum in
Beijing.

The official of NDRC's Resource Utilization and Environmental Protection
Department didn't name the wrongdoers, though.

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