KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Yantai, situated in Shandong Peninsula, has given top priority to ecological protection in recent years as measures have been strengthened to manage marine resources and restore ecological environment, laying the foundation for sustainable development and improving people’s living environment.
Recently, a total of 875 tons of waste in 125 locations were cleaned up thus far, in December since Yantai launched the ‘Clean Beach’ campaign, according to Xinhua (Qingdao) International Ocean Information Center.
The campaign is to engage all the coastal districts and county-level cities in cleaning up floating garbage and domestic waste from rivers, mudflats and the coastal zone.
According to a statement, the coastal zone stretching nearly 10,000 metres that used to be messy has taken on a clean and fresh look.
Facing both the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, Yantai has a sea area of 26,000 square kilometres, ranking among the top in China based on the marine economy.
Yantai, as a seaside city and home to the largest number of national-level marine ranch, deems marine ranch development as an important way to grow fishery resources, protect biodiversity and develop marine culture.
It encourages and supports relevant enterprises to build circular culture workshops and efficiently treat the waste water which has realised comprehensive waste utilisation and regional water use circulation.
Yantai is also committed to coastal zone restoration. It has enacted a series of new regulations such as the Regulations on Coastal Zone Protection of Yantai, and implemented the eco-protection and restoration project for Changdao Island.
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