In a span of five years, China increased its city wastewater treatment rate by 24 percent to 75 percent at the end of 2010, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

According to data released by the NDRC on March 15, China's daily wastewater treatment capacity reached 65 million tons at the end of 2010. During the past five years, its daily capacity to decontaminate urban garbage grew by 200,000 tons.

At the end of 2010, China had more than 200 wastewater and garbage treatment enterprises with annual revenues topping 1 billion yuan ($152 million) each, it said.