world news - 04.02.2011
Chinese forestry investment tops 290 bln yuan in 2006-2010 period
China invested 297.9 billion yuan (45.27 billion US dollars) in
forestry during the 11th Five-Year period (2006-2010), according to the
State Forestry Administration. The figure was 80 percent more than the previous five-year period. The investment was mostly directed toward ecological construction, forestry sector reform and improving people's livelihoods.
Of the total, investment in infrastructure totaled 47.9 billion yuan
in the period, up 23.13 percent from the previous five years.
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