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Benxi is located in the eastern mountainous region of Liaoning Province. It is an important industrial raw material base of iron and steel, coal, building materials and chemical products. About 1.5 million people live in Benxi. During the past decades, Benxi has undergone drastic economic, social, and urban development, becoming one of the 17 largest cities in China.
Benxi was once labeled "the city invisible by satellite" due to its serious industrial pollution. Its rapid industrial expansion resulted in the overexploitation of natural resources and subsequent ecological destruction. Its main water source, the Taizi River, was very polluted. In 1994, in accordance with China's Agenda 21, Benxi adopted Benxi's Agenda 21 and began a project entitled Sustainable Development through Industrial Transformation and Cleaner Production. Since then, Benxi has made progress in implementing cleaner production (as well as other environmental protection programs) as a means to clean up the local environment, and both air and water pollution have decreased.
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Benxi's Sustainable Development Demonstration Zone -- http://www.bestpractices.org/cgi-bin/bp98.cgi?cmd=detail&id=18627&key=rpybfkbfe -- background and description
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Capacity Building for Widespread Adoption of Cleaner Production for Air Pollution Control in Benxi
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Improve Capability Building of Government Controlling Polluting Air of Benxi, Utilizing CP Extensively - Sept 2001 summary of project lessons learned
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Reducing Air Pollution in China, a Picture Story -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/china/pix/index.htm -- a Development Story in Pictures by Curt Carnemark - focus on Liaoning and Benxi
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Lioaning Environment Project - http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P003598 - World Bank project
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Benxi - http://www.unescap.org/drpad/vc/conference/bg_cn_14_bci.htm - ESCAP description
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China: Managing Environmental Challenges, Video Footage of Urban Environment Issues in the Chinese Context -- http://wb.forumone.com/niprcd/china/video/index.htm -- web-viewable video from the World Bank
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Benxi To Experiment With Emissions Trading -- http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Benxiweb.htm -- June 2000
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See also China's 10 Demonstration Cities
ŠNDRC 2000-2006