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US$5.3 billion allocated to improve water infrastructures

China has allocated 38 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars) for water infrastructure this year, an increase of 11.8 percent on the financial input for 2007, Chen Lei, Water Resources minister said on Thursday. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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