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Community action to preserve the local environment
Authors: XIE Liangbing, ZHAO Lei
Date: 2007
Extract from ” Urban development issues in China’s Cities: Part One“
Published by “Zhongguo Xinwen zhoukan”, China Newsweek, No. 20
Abstract: While the contamination of water with blue-green algae in Taihu Lake led to serious consequences, the city of Xiamen worried over the PX project. This year, during the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress and the National People’s Congress, 105 members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference put forward a motion entitled, “Proposal to move the PX factory (PX for paraxylene) from Haicang”. Opponents cite concern over the factory location, only 7 kilometres from downtown Xiamen and the city’s tourist area, and 4 kilometres from university residences. The motion addresses the possibility of a security disaster and of the hidden risks of pollution.
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