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Shenyang (Liaoning Province)

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Shenyang is a key industrial center in the highly industrialized region of Northeastern China. With a population of 6.7 million, it is China's fourth largest city and is considered to be an economic and scientific powerhouse. As the national economy strengthened during the 1980s and 1990s, the city experienced rapid industrial growth, which worsened existing environmental problems and introduced new ones. 

However, as the standard of living increased, public interest in environmental quality also increased. The Sustainable Shenyang Project reflects that concern in 3 areas: deteriorating air quality caused by coal combustion; surface and ground water pollution caused in part by an increasingly severe water shortage; and the increasing amount of both domestic and industrial waste. Initiatives that have come out of the program include promotion of unleaded gasoline, city greening, energy control and the introduction of energy-saving technology, rehabilitation of the Liao He River, freshwater pollution control, solid waste reduction, and the construction of public toilets, landfill sites and more advanced wastewater treatment plants. 

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