Discontent over environment in Guangdong 'rising': poll  

民調顯示：廣東民眾對生態環境不滿意度持續上升

廣州社情民意研究中心8日發布的一份調查報告顯示，有31%的廣東受訪民眾對當地生態環境表示“不滿意”和“不太滿意”，該數據比三年前上升了7個百分點，廣東民眾近三年來對生態環境的不滿意度持續上升。

Guangzhou (CNS) – Thirty-one percent of Guangdong residents have expressed discontent in a survey about local environmental conditions, up 7 percentage points from a year ago, according to the Canton Public Opinion Research Center on Monday.

The survey, conducted among the southern province's urban and rural residents in March, shows that 68 percent of the respondents expressed satisfaction with the environment, down 6 percentage points from 2011.

Dissatisfaction with water quality is at 37 percent, up 8 percentage points from last year, while dissatisfaction over air quality has hit 37 percent, up 11 percentage points compared to last year, the survey says.

Environmental protection work by the local government has come in at 30 percent, up 4 percentage points from 2011.

The Canton Public Opinion Research Center, a non-profit legal entity, is the earliest public opinion research organization on the Chinese mainland.