Wuyishan City has an extremely fortunate natural ecological environment, its forest coverage rate being 53 percent. In the Wuyishan National Tourist Attraction Area, the forest coverage rate reaches 65.3 percent, and 98 percent of the Wuyishan National Nature Reserve is covered by forests. The quality of its air and water greatly exceeds the state's standards. Tourism plays a leading role in Wuyishan's economy. The setting up of industrial projects which may harm the natural environment is forbidden here. When the Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Tourism Organization visited Wuyishan, she said, "Unpolluted Wuyishan is a good model for the world environmental protection." Dr. Moroy of UNESCO World Heritage Committee once claimed, "Wuyishan is the everlasting symbol of Chinese natural resources which can be applied continuously."