1) Chengdu eventually achieved 315 days of fine air quality in 2009
On December 16th, 2009, the number of days with fair air quality in the downtown Chengdu achieved 15 days earlier the livelihood project goal put forward by the Municipal Government at the beginning of last year to “reach 311 days of fine air quality in the downtown area”. According to the statistics, in 2009 Chengdu has eventually achieved 315 days with fine air quality.
2) Western China’s largest LED production base operates in Pixian
On January 16th, the first phase of the “Sichuan Yuanli Photoelectric”, the biggest LED production base in West China, was officially put into operation in the Pixian Modern Industrial Port of Chengdu.
It is learnt that Sichuan Yuanli Photoelectric’s LED production base invested with 540 million yuan, was started construction in May, 2009, which is the first LED project put into production in the industrial zone, and is also currently the biggest LED production base in the western region.
3) Chengdu being worthy inland investment environment benchmarking city
Chengdu has become the inland investment environment benchmarking city in China – the National Information Center recently-published “Urbanization Road during the Course of Western China Development – Case Study in Chengdu’s Urbanization Model”, which was under the charge of Nobel Prize for economics winner Mundell and renowned Chinese economist Li Yining, commented Chengdu in this way.
4) Chengdu won 2009 “Contributing City to Low Carbon China”
On January 21st, the first annual meeting of the Low Carbon China Forum was held in Beijing. 16 city representatives from including Shenzhen and Chengdu, low-carbon economic experts from home and abroad and hundreds of business representatives have participated in the meeting, during which Chengdu has won the honorable titles of the “Contributing City to Low Carbon China” and the “Most Competitive Low-carbon Industrial Base City” of the year 2009.
5) Within 5 years, a modern eco-cycle farming system to be initially established
“Within 5 years, water saving irrigation area accounts for 60% of the effective irrigation area, the rate of disposal and utilization of livestock and poultry waste is to reach 90%…” This is what the journalist learnt from the Municipal Agricultural Commission on January 18th. It is reported that in considering the target set up by the city of Chengdu to build a “world modern garden city”, the Municipal Commission of Agriculture has put forward the working scheme for the sustainable development of circular agriculture, which, around the city’s industrial development plan for agricultural functional zones, will strengthen the construction of agricultural eco-system of Chengdu; within 5 years, a batch of demonstration companies and production bases for circular agriculture will be formed, and a modern circular agricultural system be initially established.