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Article: China to Boost Development of Wind Power
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 17, 2000
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China will give a major boost to the development of wind power to
benefit 23 million people living in hinterland areas or on the
coastal islands by 2010.
The development of wind power is regarded as the second
liberation for the farmers and herdsmen living in remote areas,
where electricity are badly needed, according to Sinoprojects.com.
The leading website on investment projects quoted officials at
the State Development Planning Commission as saying that the
interior areas and coastal islands boast abundant wind-power
resources, but are short of other resources like coal and water for
power generation.
The benefited areas include the western and eastern parts of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ...