Baoding City- Icon Of Low Carbon Living In China

Attached courtesy of photo that I took from flickr.

China is one of the world worst environmental polluted nations in the world. Prior to the 2008 Olympic, Beijing the capital is an extremely terrible environmental polluted city to live in. Some people even joke that the US most advance spy satellite may have problem taking photos of Beijing due to the dust clouds hovering across the city skyline.

As a matter of fact, 16 out of 20 of the world's most polluted cities are located in China. It is a heavy price that China is paying dearly in pursuit of economic expansion at the expense of its environment.

The situation may improve as China disembark on an ambitious plan that will see the nation spending its huge budget surplus to clean up its heavy industry factories that pollutes and contaminates air and water.

One of the medium cities earmark for staging new technology such as the next generation mobile communication technology deployment and other environmental friendly clean technology is Baoding city.

Baoding city is located some 200 kilometers away from the capital and is home to many of the pharmaceutical industries and health research centers. The average life spans of Baoding city residents is at least 5 years longer those of the rest of the cities.

It is interesting to note that more than 90 percent of the city traffic lights are solar powered. Baoding is a nice city to live in and enjoy when you have time to spend in China. It ‘s standard of living is not as high as Beijing, things such as clothing are dirt cheap and by the way there are quite a number of historical sites and beautiful ponds and lakes which you will enjoy visiting.

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