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China to Establish National Geothermal Association (Xinhua)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

China is to establish a national association to promote geothermal resources, according to a forum held in east China's Jiangxi Province on Tuesday.

To ease pressure on energy and resources, and improve the environment, the Ministry of Land and Resources is taking the lead in the association, said Wang Bingchen from the Counselors' Office of the State Council, at the forum in Xinyu City.

With technological breakthroughs in geothermal exploration, power pumps and electricity generation, China's geothermal power industry will be booming again, said Mao Rubai, former chairman of the Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress.

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