Underwater Forests purity Water Quality of West Lake

Water transparency of main part of West Lake is doubled than 10 years ago and reaches 82.8 cm. all owed to the ecological restoration and water environment improvement project.

Aquatic plant communities’ optimization demonstration project of West Lake is aimed to plant potamogeton crispus, eel grass, watermifoil, hornwort and hydrilla of more than 700 000 square meter at Maojiabu, Yuhuwan and Huguitan. There will be underwater forest at all seasons. They can purity water quality and make the lake clear.

Today Morning Express   Reporter: Huang Yihan

 Borrow and return books at subway station

From June on, miniature library will appear at subway stations and provide 24-hours borrow-return function.

These kinds of 24-hours miniature libraries can hold about 500 books. Readers can learn abstracts and catalogues through computer screen and borrow books with their ID card or citizen card.

Citizens may download their interested electronic books, periodicals and newspapers to mobile phones and USB-sticks for free from miniature libraries

Hangzhou Daily        Reporter: Chen Dong, Han Jing

Hangzhou absorbs foreign capital 1.732 billion dollar and invests abroad 0.237 billion in the first season.

In the first season, there are three more investment projects from Top 500 Global corporations in Hangzhou, among them Mizuho Financial from Japan and Wolseley from England are the first time to be introduced in Hangzhou. A large petrochemical project of Hengyi group in Brunei has been approved by national development and Reform Commission. Contract of a large-scale water projects in Djibouti has already signed. Attracting investment and investing abroad are both having a good start.

Hangzhou absorbs foreign capital 1.732 billion dollar, the actual funds reaches 1.437 billion, an increase of 30.92% and 10.44%. Invests abroad reach 27 projects and 0.237 billion in the first season, among them investments from China reaches 0.236 billion, an increase of 19.8%.

Hangzhou Daily        Reporter: Yu Zhuoheng