Caijing has put together a short article summarizing some of the progress that China has achieved in the past year. Not all good news, Environmental Targets Slip Further from Reach, the article’s primary focus is on the fact that China was not able to push the service industry or reduce energy intensity as planned.
|
Item |
Target by 2010 |
Implementation in 2006 and 2007 |
Mission Accomplished |
|
Energy Intensity |
Reduce by 20% |
5.38% |
26.9% |
|
Major Pollutants |
Reduce by 10% |
NA |
SO2: 32% |
|
COD: 22% |
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|
Forest Coverage Rate |
Increase by 1.8% |
NA |
NA |
|
Service Industry |
Increase its share of GDP by 3% |
0% |
0% |
|
Service Industry Employment |
Increase its share of total employment by 4% |
1% |
25% |
|
R&D Investment |
Increase its share of GDP by 0.7% |
0.15% |
21.4% |
As you can see some progress made, particularly with the major pollutants
Where I feeling a bit misled is that I am still not sure a good measure of environmental improvement is accomplished through the service industry. Obvioysly moving away from heavy polluting industries will only lead to a positive impact, but Google is a huge energy consumer too.
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