(Reporter:Yang Jing; Correspondent: Luo Jitao) On Mar. 20th, news came from Hubei Environmental Protection Committee that a total of 62 towns and 843 villages have been rewarded as the provincial ecological model towns and provincial ecological model villages, out ofwhich 10 towns and 71 villages belongto Yichang.

　　The 10 provincial ecological towns includeDayan Town in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Nanyang Town in Xingshan County, Wangjiafan Town and Gaobazhou Town in Yidu, Lianghekou Town and Quyuan Town in Zigui, Qixingtai Town in Zhijiang, Wantan Town and Fujiayan Town in Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County and Banyue Town in Dangyang. Among the 71 provincial ecological model villages, 5 belong toChangyang Tujia Autonomous County, 4 toXingshan, 15 toYidu, 4 toYiling, 12 toZigui, 6 toZhijiang, 7 to Yuan’an， 7 to Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, 4 toDianjun and 7 toDangyang.

　　So far, Yichang has registered 8 national ecological model towns, 258 provincial ecological model towns and 760 municipal ecological model towns.