CHINA / Official Publication
White paper on environmental protection
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-05 10:26
Full text: Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005)
The Information Office of China's State Council on Monday issued a white
paper titled "Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005)." The
following is the full text of the document: Environmental Protection in
China (1996-2005) Information Office of the State Council of the People's
Republic of China
Foreword
China is the most populous developing country in the world. Since the
late 1970s, China's economy has developed rapidly and continuously.
During the process, many environmental problems that have haunted
developed countries in different phases of their 100-year-long
industrialization have occurred in China all at the same time. The
conflict between environment and development is becoming ever more
prominent. Relative shortage of resources, a fragile ecological
environment and insufficient environmental capacity are becoming critical
problems hindering China's development. The Chinese government attaches
great importance to environmental protection. It believes that
environmental protection will have a direct impact on the overall
situation of China's modernization drive and its long-term development,
and considers environmental protection an undertaking that will not only
benefit the Chinese people of today but also their children and
grandchildren. Years ago, the Chinese government established
environmental protection as a basic national policy and sustainable
development as an important strategy, and has adhered to the road of a
new type of industrialization. While promoting economic growth, it has
adopted a whole array of measures to strengthen environmental protection.
Especially in recent years, the Chinese government, with the scientific
outlook of development as the guiding principle of environmental
protection, has adhered to focusing on preventive measures, comprehensive
control and overall progress with breakthroughs at some key points, and
worked hard to solve conspicuous environmental problems threatening
people's health. At the same time, it has continued its efforts for
institutional innovation, relied on scientific and technological
advances, strengthened the legal system of environmental protection, and
brought into full play the initiative of people of all walks of life.
Thanks to these efforts, although the amount of resource consumption and
pollutants is increasing greatly, the trend toward aggravated
environmental pollution and ecological destruction is slowing down;
especially, environmental pollution control in some river valleys has
seen some positive results, the environmental quality of some cities and
regions has improved, the amount of pollutant emission of industrial
products has declined, and the people's awareness of the importance of
environmental protection has enhanced. As World Environment Day nears, in
order to let people in other countries have a better understanding about
the situation of environmental protection in China, we would like to give
a systematic introduction to the unremitting efforts made by China in
environmental protection over the past ten years.
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