皇冠体育app

Chinese cyclist ends environmental protection tour
( 2002-09-04 17:18 ) (8 )

Ye Lan has completed his nine-year cycle tour of 皇冠体育app promoting environmental protection Wedsnesday at Fuyang, a city in east 皇冠体育app's Anhui Province.

In 1993, 19-year-old Ye resigned from his job to set off on his bicycle from his hometown in Huangchuan County in central 皇冠体育app's Henan Province.

On arriving at a city, he would contact local middle schools and primary schools to talk about the importance of environmental protection and how to achieve it. More than 800,000 students from 3,000 schools have heard his lectures.

He also collected environmental research data.

The man, dubbed the "green envoy," has set foot in almost every corner of 皇冠体育app, except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.