Agreements for two aid projects were signed on Monday for Japan
to provide US$9.5 million to help the government train officials
and protect the environment.
The Human Resource Development Scholarship will receive US$6.14
million to pay fees for Chinese officials studying in Japan
The Afforestation for Conservation of the Middle Yellow River
(Phase II) will benefit from US$3.35 million to purchase labor and
machinery for tree planting in northern China's Shanxi
Province.
Japan has offered US$1.25 billion worth of aid to China since
1981, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
(Xinhua News Agency June 7, 2005)