The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping to prepare an investment project on pollution control in Songhua River Basin in northeast China, said ADB in a news release on Wednesday.
The Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management project preparatory technical assistance, estimated at 1.7 million U.S. dollars, will be financed partly by ADB through a 1.1 million U.S. dollar grant, said ADB.
The rest of the costs for the project will be covered by Chinese government and a donor institute in support of ADB's water policy in its member countries, said ADB.
The technical assistance aims to design a loan project that will control and manage pollution in the Songhua River basin to improve the urban environment and quality of life in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces of China.
"Cities in the north and west and around the Songhua River basin are experiencing widespread pollution due to the discharge of untreated wastewater and improper management of solid waste," said Sangay Penjor, principal financial analysis specialist of ADB's East Asia Department.
He said cities and towns in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces of China must overcome widespread environmental degradation and meet increasing demand for public services to ensure that their economic development is sustainable.
Source: Xinhua
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