11.   Air quality in the poor inland province in central China has deteriorated to levels harmful to human health, a statement from the Philippines-based lender said.

12.   All inland provinces have also submitted applications to set up state-level ETDZs.

13.   But as an incentive, inland provinces, including Wuhan and Sichuan, have announced various preference treatments to welcome and attract these investors, the paper said.

14.   The toll was expected to rise Sunday as holiday makers from inland provinces began streaming back home from coastal resorts.

15.   The incidents alarmed the Chinese government into rethinking its plans for development, after double-digit growth that chiefly favoured the industrial coastal areas rather than the inland provinces.