1、Chinese government is planning to launch a national program to improve the countrys soil protection.The promise has been made during a State Council meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao.The authorities are moving to strictly protect farmland soil and nearby drinking water sources by bringing pollut
2、ants under control.On top of this, new projects are being set up to rehabilitate polluted soil and to improve the supervision of soil.Its estimated the new plan will cost around 100-billion yuan.For more on the new soil protection plan we spoke earlier with Ge Chazhong, Division Director and Professor with the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning.