Anji County in east China's Zhejiang Province was honored China Human Residence Example Award on Wednesday in Beijing for its contribution in improving its environment.

Anji, which is famous as "hometown of bamboo", is the first county in the country that has won the title.

To improve local ecological environment, the Anji county government has invested an accumulative capital of 25 million yuan(US$3.02 million) to carry out renovation in 264 villages.