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Contributor: Xinhua News Agency
Thursday, October 24 2019 - 11:51
AsiaNet
More than 6,000 people have completed Half Marathon with "zero waste", Dafeng presses the button of green development
NANJING, China, Oct. 23, 2019 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On October 20, the 2nd "Wind Power" Half Marathon in Dafeng District, Yancheng 
City was successfully concluded. More than 6,000 runners from the national new 
energy industry and other fields completed the game. The competition consisted 
of three groups of half-marathons, health-running and mini-running, according 
to the Information Office of Dafeng District.

The "Wind Power" Marathon is the first marathon event in the wind power 
industry. It is committed to creating a series of industry brand events. This 
year's event was the second competition and upgraded to Class A. Taking the 
success of the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai 
Gulf of China (Phase I) as World Heritage, the theme is "Green Dafeng, 
Innovative Goldwind". It passes green, healthy and environmentally friendly 
ideas and launches "Zero-waste" in the event to create a truly green and 
environmentally friendly sports event.

As a "Green Card" in the new energy and sports industry, the event undoubtedly 
pressed the "speed button" for Dafeng's industrial transformation and green 
development. 

In recent years, relied on its unique advantages in marine resources and wind 
power, as well as the national tourism demonstration zone and the country's 
first batch of ecological demonstration zones, Dafeng has a strong development 
of new energy and equipment manufacturing industry. The "Tourism +" project has 
great progress.

Hanergy Hanwa with total investment of 6.4 billion yuan, Sunway sea cable with 
total investment of 5 billion yuan, Chundian Technology with total investment 
of 2.5 billion and other new energy and equipment manufacturing industry 
projects has signed, Longyuan Power, CanadianSolar, Runlong wind power and 
Yongjia Power are put into operation. Supported by the Yellow Sea Wetland and 
the national 5A scenic spot, the Milu Town with a total investment of 3 billion 
yuan has been comprehensively promoted, fully integrating the Eco Villiage, 
Plum Bay, accelerating the construction of car-free slow-life town, miniature 
landscape. The new energy industry continues to join and has injected power 
into the economic transformation of Dafeng. More and more tourism landscapes 
are enriching the ecological garden of Dafeng.

Accelerating the project construction and build the way for ecological 
development, the green Dafeng is becoming better and better.

SOURCE: The Information Office of Dafeng District, Yancheng Municipal Government
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