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“The Yellow River Delta is the last of the countrys big river deltas awaiting the development that will ensure its rise, and its time has come,” asserts Zhang Qiubo, secretary of the Dongying municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Following the economic booms of the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas, China has now switched its attention to developing the area where its second largest river – the Yellow – enters the sea.

Unlike the other two, the Yellow River Delta has pre-defined its goal as building a highly efficient and ecologically friendly economy, so as to avoid repeating the mistake of polluting first and cleaning up later. In the center of this development fever, Dongying City has been calm and cool enough to back up watchwords like “high efficiency” and “ecological friendliness” with serious environmental standards for its endeavors.