BEIJING: The eastern province of Jiangxi, known as the “cradle of the Chinese revolution”, has managed to strike a balance between economic growth and environmental protection, and more efforts will be made to make the province even greener, senior officials said.
Over the past 10 years, the province’s GDP grew at an average annual rate of 8.4 percent, and its ranking based on GDP rose from 19th in 2012 to 15th in 2021 among all provincial-level regions in the country.
The growth rate of major economic indicators remains high, according to Yi Lianhong, secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the top official of the province.
While aiming for relatively rapid economic growth, the province has also prioritized environmental protection with its forest coverage rate reaching 63.1 percent, Yi said at a news conference held in the provincial capital Nanchang. The country’s average forest coverage rate stood at 23 percent in 2021.
Last year, Jiangxi residents enjoyed good air for about 350 days, and 95.5 percent of bodies of water in the province were rated of good quality, according to official data.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
