By Mao Weihua in Karamay, Xinjiang and Fang Aiqing in Urumqi |
chinadaily.com.cn |
A view of the Dushanzi petrochemical plant, a subsidiary of the central State-owned company China National Petroleum Corp, located in the Dushanzi district of Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo by Mao Weihua/chinadaily.com.cn]
The Dushanzi petrochemical plant, a subsidiary of the central State-owned company China National Petroleum Corp, held a news conference on Friday introducing its green and low-carbon progress in the Dushanzi district of Karamay, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The day marked the annual World Environment Day.
Located in the Gobi Desert, Dushanzi is an industrial- and mining-oriented urban area with arid conditions, scarce rainfall, severe soil salinization and fragile ecology. The petrochemical industry has revitalized this once barren land.
