Beijing, China - Site of the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of politics, culture and international exchanges and a modern metropolis full of vitality. It is China's second largest city (after Shanghai) - over 14 million people live in Beijing.
Beijing is a major industrial area, with a vast complex of textile mills, iron- and steelworks, railroad repair shops, machine shops, chemical plants, and factories manufacturing heavy machinery, electronic equipment, locomotives, plastics, synthetic fibers, and rolling stock. These industries form a ring around the city. Beijing also has a sizable petrochemical industry.
In recent years, air pollution has become a major problem in Beijing. As in most Chinese cities, coal is the predominant fuel. However, Beijing is serious about reducing pollution - according to the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB), the average concentration of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and total suspended particulates (TSP) is declining.
Beijing's water resources are limited, and cleaner production techniques are being used - along with other conservation methods and new water resource development - to ease water shortages. Beijing is also including more green space in areas of the city that are being re-developed.
Cleaner production options were implemented in 26 pilot companies before end of 1995 and another 26 companies are on demonstration programme set by Beijing EPA in 1996-97, covering brewing, chemical, pulp and paper, machinery, printing and dyeing, electronic, electroplating, pharmaceutical and telecommunication sectors.
The Olympic Movement's Agenda 21 is Beijing's guideline for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. Hosting of the Games in Beijing will serve as a catalyst for environmental improvement and help promote sustainable development in Beijing and China. For more information on Beijing's Olympic environmental efforts see http://en.beijing-2008.org
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Sino-Norwegian Cooperative Programme on Cleaner Production (Phase II)
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Beijing Water Pollution Control for Improving Living Environment - http://www.bestpractices.org/cgi-bin/bp98.cgi?cmd=detail&id=13602&key=rpybfkbfe - UNCHS description
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Beijing-South Waste Management System - http://www.bestpractices.org/cgi-bin/bp98.cgi?cmd=detail&id=17000&key=rpybfkbfe - UNCHS description
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Beijing Environmental Projects --
http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK
=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P003564
and
http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK
=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P042109
and http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK
=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P064924
-- World Bank projects -
Handling the municipal solid waste in China: case study of policies for 'White Pollution' in Beijing http://www.iiiee.lu.se/Publication.nsf/c05cf70b5a5648c8c1256b4a
004a5a9f/aab7e0599a8bf2bdc1256c370034f278/$FILE/comm2000_8.pdf
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Beijing Energy Efficiency Center -- http://www.beconchina.org/
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Centre for Environmentally Sound Technology Transfer -- http://www.cestt.org.cn see also http://t062.cpla.cf.ac.uk/wbimages/iecedm/Resources/conference/ex_cn_17_cest.htm and http://www.unescap.org/drpad/vc/conference/ex_cn_17_cest.htm
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Global Village of Beijing -- http://www.gvbchina.org/
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Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau -- http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/English_homepage/
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Greener Beijing -- http://gbj.grchina.net/
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid -- http://www.beijing-2008.org/ -- extensive information about Beijing, including environmental information
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Air Quality Management in Beijing -- http://www.eetpc.org/Air%20Quality/PAPERS.AIR/zhao.htm -- May 1999 report
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See also China's 10 Demonstration Cities
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