City to Strengthen Tree Belts（高一适用）

Beijing has promised to establish three large-scale tree belts during the 10th Five-year Plan (2001-2005) to protect and improve the capital's ecosystem .The city's forest coverage will reach 50 percent in 2005 from 43 percent in 2000. With an annual investment of 600 million yuan from the municipal government, the project will develop three different green belts to protect the nation's capital.