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Jiang Zemin on Environmental Protection
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Xinhua English Newswire
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July 24, 1997
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Chinese President Jiang Zemin urged governments and departments
concerned at all levels to incorporate environmental protection
goals
into their annual as well as medium- and long-term plans for social
and economic development.
The president stressed that no major construction project should
be launched without appropriate environmental protection measures to
go with it.
Xinhua published the full text of Jiang's speech at a national
forum on family planning and environmental protection held here
March
8.
Jiang pointed out that feasibility studies with a view to
environmental protection should be carried out prior to any regional
or natural resources development project. Effective ...