China's ecological progress after the 18th CPC National Congress
- By Chen Xia
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![Xixi wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. [File photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20170817/f44d307d90cc1aff6cfc19.jpg "Xixi wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. [File photo: Xinhua]") |
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Xixi wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. [File photo: Xinhua] |
? Better water system
Over the past five years, about 300,000 mu (1 mu= 0.07 hectare)of shrinkingwetlands were restored, and about 200,000 mu of farmland returned for wetlands development.
By the end of 2016, 67.8 percent of the country's surface water was qualified as grade I to III, meaning it is clean enough for direct human use, whilewater in the lowest "belowV" grade,meaning it is so polluted it has lost virtually all functions, fell to 8.6 percent.
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