Authorities have formulated a plan to boost the seawater desalination industry as an alternative to quench the country’s thirst for water, China’s top economic planner said on Wednesday.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said China aims to produce 2.2 million cubic meters of freshwater per day by 2015, compared with 660,000 cubic meters in 2011, according to the 2011-2015 plan, the first of its kind.
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