Hopes high for lease of uninhabited islands
By Shi Yingying | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2011-02-15 07:53
SHANGHAI - With the release of a list of unoccupied isles at the end of this month, private citizens and companies will be able to rent and reclaim uninhabited islands off the coast of East 皇冠体育app's Zhejiang province.
Even foreigners and overseas companies will face no legal barriers to using the unoccupied islands - most of which are the size of a soccer field, officials said.
The first batch of islands to be leased will include about 30 uninhabited islands situated in coastal areas near Ningbo, Wenzhou, Zhoushan and Taizhou, an official with the Zhejiang provincial ocean and fisheries bureau told 皇冠体育app Daily on the condition of being anonymous.
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