31、The administrative penalties prescribed in Article 44 shall be meted out by the department in charge of geology and mineral resources under the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.

32、With the support of forestry department, the ACWF set up 56 national demonstrative bases in 31 provinces, autonomous region and municipality for "March 8th Green Project, with the total area reaching more than 100,000 mu.

33、the natural gas consumption in the entire municipality is over 900 million m3; nine million tons of high quality coal with low sulfur have been promoted to be used in the city; and the attainment rate of the vehicles examined on road is 90%.

34、The administration for industry and commerce at the level of a municipality or a county is responsible for registration of the companies in the area under its respective jurisdiction other than those listed in Article 6 and Article 7 of these Regulations

35、The municipality has49 kinds of minerals with proved reserves and218 mineral deposits, and the main minerals include coal, lead, zinc, copper, iron, tungsten, antimony, cement limestone and granite, of which35 kinds rank top three and23 kinds top one in the Province.

36、The worst-hit area is the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, which has had no rain for more than70 consecutive days and where two-thirds of its rivers have dried up, local drought-relief authorities said on Thursday, adding that one person has died of serious heatstroke.