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Establishment
of System for Automatic Monitoring of Water Quality of Key River
Basins
Water
Supply and Toilet Revolution in Rural Areas
Progress
in Implementation of Ozone Treaties
Further
Establishment of Ecological Demonstration Zones
Quantitative
and Indicator-based Examination of Urban Environmental Improvements
Environmental
Standards and Technical Policy
Survey
of Current Ecological and Environmental Status of West China
Desertification Prevention and Control Around Beijing
National
Environmental Model Cities
Air
Pollution Control in Beijing
Environment
Management of Construction Projects
Progress
in Implementing "China's Cross-century Green Projects Plan
Environmental
Investment Accounts for 1.1% of GDP
Construction
of Urban Infrastructure and Public Utilities
Management
of Municipal Wastes
One
Control and Two Targets" Basically Achieved
Accreditation
of EMS (ISO 14000)
Accreditation
of Environment-labeled Products
Prevention
and Control of Endemic Diseases
Return
of Land to Forestry and Grassland
International
cooperation and Exchanges in the Field of Environment
Sino-German
Conference for Environmental Cooperation
Sandstorms
and Their Sources
Establishment
of System for Automatic Monitoring of Water Quality of Key River
Basins
The State Environmental
Protection Administration established the monitoring stations for
automatic monitoring of water quality in key river basins such as
Huai River and Tai Lake in order to strengthen the capacity of automatic
monitoring and supervision of the water quality in key river basins.
By the end of 2000, 40 automatic monitoring stations have been established
through the public investment. It is estimated that the number will
rise to 98 by the end of the tenth five-year plan period. In addition,
some provinces and cities like Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Tianjin,
Heilongjiang and Shanghai have established 16 auto monitoring stations
through their own investment.

Water Supply and Toilet Revolution
in Rural Areas
By the end of 2000,
the population in rural areas having benefited from water supply
has reached 881 million out of the total 954 people for rural population,
accounting for 92.4% of the total. There are 674,600 running water
plants and water supply stations in the rural areas across China.
The population using running water is 527 million people, accounting
for 55.2% of the total rural population. There are 48.91 million
wells using hand-pressure machines and the population drinking water
from such wells is 223 million people, accounting for 23.3% of the
total rural population. The rate of drinking water quality that
comply with the water health standards reached 62.1%, according
to the result of the monitoring at the selected points across China.
By the end of 2000,
various clean toilets have been built in 107 million households
in the rural area among 238 million rural families across China(Xizang
not included in the statistics). The rate of use of such toilets
in China was 45.0%. The rate of environmentally friendly disposal
of human wastes from those toilets is 31.2%.

Progress
in Implementation of Ozone Treaties
The government of China
continues its effort to implement the treaties for protection of
the ozone layer. Progress has been achieved in various areas. In
2000, a grant of 7.6 million USD from the Multilateral Fund was
approved for the projects from China, including the solvent sector
plan and tobacco sector plan. By the end of 2000, the grant from
the Multilateral Fund for China's projects and sector plans totaled
576 million USD. China has achieved the freeze in CFC production
by having closed down 30 CFC factories and reduced CFC production
by 33.0%. China has also closed down 12 halon factories which resulted
in a reduction of halon production by 66.7%. In the consumption
sector, China has achieved a reduction of more than 30,000 tons
of ODS. Up to now, the substitute production for the halon and production
sectors has begun. With this, four simultaneous steps have started
in the factory closure, consumption substitution, substitute production
and the regulatory construction for phasing out ODS.

Further
Establishment of Ecological Demonstration Zones
In 2000, SEPA convened
the Meeting for Awarding National Ecological Demonstration Zones".
At this meeting, thirty-three zones were awarded the national ecological
demonstration zones, including one in Yanqing County, Beijing. 58
cities and counties, including Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, were approved
as the fifth group of pilot units for establishing the national
demonstration zones. By the end of 2000, the number of national
and other demonstration zones has come up to 213. Three provinces,
Hainan, Jilin and Heilongjiang, are planning to establish ecological
provinces.

Quantitative
and Indicator-based Examination of Urban Environmental Improvements
The result of the quantitative
and indicator-based examination of urban environmental improvements
of 46 cities in 2000 is that the top ten is Guilin, Ningbo, Hangzhou,
Nanjing, Chengdu, Tianjin, Changchun, Xi'an, Guangzhou and Shenyang.
(The results of examination of nine national environmental model
cities, including Haikou, Qingdao, Shantou, Zhuhai, Yantai, Shenzhen,
Xiamen, Dalian and Suzhou, are better than other examined cities
but not listed in the ranking.)

Environmental
Standards and Technical Policy
In 2000, SEPA completed
the revision of the standard for air quality and formulated and
issued the four sets of standards for pollutant control, including
the one for control of pollution of municipal waste incineration.
The accreditation of 119 products for pollution control has been
organized and 82 applicable technologies for environmental protection
have been publicized.
SEPA and the Ministry
of Construction formulated and issued the technical policy for municipal
wastewater treatment and pollution prevention and control and the
technical policy for municipal waste disposal and pollution control.

Survey
of Current Ecological and Environmental Status of West China
To implement the strategy
of Western China Development, SEPA has undertaken a survey in an
area of more than 6.7 million square kilometers in the western part
of China, mainly through remote sensing and combined with field
surveys. Through understanding the ecological and environmental
status, social and economic development levels and ecological disasters
of west China, this survey aims to make sure that the social, economic
and environmental sustainability will be guaranteed in the process
of West China Development. This survey has resulted in a database
of SOE of West China by compiling the basic data obtained through
this survey, and a report on analysis of the environmental quality
of West China.

Desertification
Prevention and Control Around Beijing
In 2000, the central
government initiated demonstration projects for desertification
prevention and control in the areas around Beijing. The pilot work
covered 65 counties of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei Province, Shanxi
Province and Inner Mongolia. The seven types of projects were included,
such as construction of water-economy grassland, reform in husbandry
production pattern, control of desertified grassland, control of
sand dunes, return of arable land to forestry and grassland, comprehensive
management in river basin and protection of forestry and grassland
habitats. Through the implementation of these projects, 185,000
hectares of trees were planted in bald mountains and degraded land.
28,000 hectares of land were returned to forestry and grassland.
4000 hectares of grassland were built by artificial means. 25,000
hectares of grassland were planted through plane seeding. 67,000
hectares of grassland were closed for nurturing and conservation.
53,000 hectares of grassland were built. The river basin management
covered an area of 600 square kilometers.

National
Environmental Model Cities
In 2000, SEPA awarded
the title of national environmental model city to Qingdao City and
Wendeng City of Shandong Province and Jiangyin City of Jiangsu Province.
By the end of 2000, China has had altogether 17 national
environmental model cities and 2 model districts.

Air
Pollution Control in Beijing
In 2000, the air quality
of Beijing city proper continued to improve. The SO2, NO2, TSP and
CO in the air have decreased by 13%, 15%, 14% and 7% respectively
compared with the situation in 1999. The number of the days in a
year with the air pollution indexes equal to and better than that
of Grade II has increased from 27% to 45%. The number of the days
in a year with the air pollution indexes equal to or better than
that of Grade III has risen from 61% to 80%.

Environment
Management of Construction Projects
In 2000, the total number
of new construction projects that should be subject to EIAs was
142,561. The actual number of new projects that have gone through
EIA approval was 135,148, with the rate of implementation of EIAs
reaching 94.8%. SEPA approved 198 reports of EIA and rejected 2
reports while having approved 26 forms of EIA required for some
projects. The total number of the projects subject to the implementation
of the rule of "three simultaneity" should be 312,285
and the actual number of the projects that followed this rule was
30,671. Among these, 29,719 projects have been commissioned as having
fulfilled the requirements. The rate of implementation and qualification
of "three simultaneity" was 94.9%. SEPA commissioned the
environmental facilities for 86 big and super big construction projects.

Progress
in Implementing "China's Cross-century
Green
Projects Plan
"Remarkable results
have been achieved since China's Cross-century Green Projects Plan"
was implemented four years ago. By 2000, 836 projects have been
completed and 409 projects are ongoing, accounting for 85.7% of
the total projects. A total of 110.7 billion yuan RMB have been
invested in these projects, accounting for 73.8% of the total investment
in the projects. The rate of project construction and completion
in 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities has exceeded
80%, 13 more in the number of provinces. Some provinces like Liaoning,
Fujian, Hainan, Xizang, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and some cities
like Dalian, Ningbo and Xiamen has started or completed all of their
projects.

Environmental
Investment Accounts for 1.1% of GDP
In 2000, the total environmental
investment was 106.07 billion yuan, 28.8% up over the previous year.
Among this, an investment of 56.13 billion yuan was made in the
urban environmental infrastructure construction, 17.2% increase
over the previous year. 23.94 billion yuan was invested in the control
of old pollution sources, 56.8% up over the previous year. An environmental
investment of 26 billion yuan was made in the new construction projects
to meet the requirements of the rule of "three simultaneity",
35.7% increase over the previous year.

Construction
of Urban Infrastructure and Public Utilities
In 2000, the water supply
in cities continued adjustment and water conservation was actively
promoted. The total urban water supply amounted to 49.6 billion
cubic meters, 200 million increase over the previous year. The rate
of water use accessibility in cities was 96.7%, 0.4% upper. The
gas supply and integrated heating had new developments. The gas
supply is constantly increasing. The rate of gas use was 84.1%,
2.4% upper. The area of integrated heating was 1,107,660,000 square
meters, 14.5% increase over the previous year. The rate of municipal
waste water treatment was 34.2%, 2.3% increase over the year before.
The green landscaping was remarkably enhanced in cities. In 2000,
the green coverage in cities was 28.1%, 0.5% increase over the previous
year. The area per capita of the green land was 6.8 square meters,
0.3 square meters increase over the previous year.The construction
of urban environmental and health facilities was speeding up. The
city landscapes had remarkable changes. A total of 146,648,000 tons
of municipal wastes and human refuses have been transported and
cleaned away in 2000. The municipal and human wastes in big and
medium-sized cities were cleaned away on the day when they were
generated.

Management
of Municipal Wastes
The Ministry of Construction
requested eight cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen,
Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xiamen and Guilin to undertake pilot work in
classified collection of municipal wastes. The pilot work covered
the recycling of used paper, plastics and batteries. The minimization
and reuse of municipal wastes were promoted.

"One
Control and Two Targets" Basically Achieved
By the end of 2000,
12 main pollutants(flue gas, dust, ash, powder, SO2, COD, petroleum,
chrome, cyanide, arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium and solid wastes)
were reduced in total amount by 10% to 15% on the average compared
with the situation in 1995. The target for total-amount control
of main pollutants at the level of 1995 has been achieved. Among
238,000 enterprises across the country, more than 90% have complied
with the emission standard for main pollutants. 85% of 18,000 enterprises
with the pollution load making up 65% of the total have complied
with the emission standards. Among 520 key state-owned enterprises,
95.7% have achieved the compliance. Among 46 key cities for environmental
protection, 25 have complied with the standard for air quality in
terms of the functions assigned to them. The surface water quality
of 36 cities has met the standard of the water body functions. 22
cities have met the standards for air quality and surface water.

Accreditation
of EMS (ISO 14000)
In 2000, SEPA awarded
the national model zone of ISO 14000 to four economic and technical
development zones in Dalian, Shanghai(Jinqiao), Tianjin and Wuxi.
By the end of 2000, China has had five model zones of this kind.
The pilot work in accreditation of ISO 14000 has been widely undertaken
in 13 cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Tianjin Municipal
EPA was the first environment department at the provincial level
to have established the system of ISO 14000. By the end of 2000,
17 enterprises in China have been accredited by the national designated
institute for accreditation of ISO 14000. 90 consulting institutions
and one training center have been qualified by SEPA. 201 accreditors
and 1907 interns have been registered. 510 organizations have passed
the accreditation of ISO 14000.

Accreditation
of Environment-labeled Products
In 2000, 249 products
from 56 enterprises have been awarded the environmental labels.
By the end of 2000, a total of 704 products from 222 enterprises
have been given such a label.

Prevention
and Control of Endemic Diseases
The diseases which are
controlled as endemic diseases in China include fluorine poisoning,
osteoarthritis deformans(Kaschin-Beck disease), Keshan disease,
iodine deficiency, pestis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis(abortus
fever) and arsenic poisoning. China is a country where endemic diseases
are epidemic. All 31 provinces, autonomous regions and province-level
municipalities have epidemic endemic diseases in varying degrees.
By the end of 2000, 184 out of 1306 counties with epidemic fluorine
poisoning have controlled the disease, accounting for 14.1%. 248
out of 319 counties with Keshan disease have controlled the disease,
accounting for 77.7%. 154 out of 351 counties with osteoarthritis
deformans have controlled the disease, accounting for 43.9%. 1661
out of 2452 counties with iodine deficiency have controlled the
disease, accounting for 67.7% of the total. 243 out of 413 counties
with pestis have complied with the standard of the disease eradication,
accounting for 58.8% of the total.

Return of Land to Forestry and
Grassland
Since 2000, China has
begun pilot work in returning land to forestry and grassland in
188 counties in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities
such as Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Henan,
Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai,
Ningxia and Xinjiang. 398,000 hectares of land have been returned
to forestry and grassland, accounting for 102.5% of the planned
target. 478,000 hectares of trees and grass have been planted in
bald mountains and land suitable for afforestation, accounting for
102% of the planned tasks.

International
cooperation and Exchanges in the Field of Environment
In 2000, remarkable
progress have been achieved in the international cooperation and
exchanges in the field of environment. Premier Zhu Rongji visited
Bulgaria in June 2000 and the governments of the two countries signed
an agreement for cooperation in environmental protection.
The Tripartie Meeting
was successfully organized for the Environment Ministers of Japan,
Korea and China. During this meeting, a joint communique was signed.
China and Germany jointly organized a conference for environmental
cooperation and issued a joint statement and action agenda for environmental
protection. China also successfully organized the fourth session
of Phase II of China Council for Cooperation in Environment and
Development.
China participated in
the First Environmental Ministerial Forum, which was organized by
UNEP. China also participated in other important global and regional
environmental meetings such as ECO 2000, 8th Informal Meeting of
Environmental Ministers and the Conference of Northeast Asia Environmental
Cooperation and Dialogue. China has officially participated in the
Network for Monitoring Acid Precipitation of East Asia.

Sino-German Conference for Environmental Cooperation
The Sino-German Conference
for Environmental Cooperation was convened in Beijing from 12 to
13 December, 2000, which was proposed jointly by Premier Zhu Rongji
and Chancellor Schroeder of Germany. More than 1000 representatives
from the governments, parliaments, research institutes, enterprises,
non-governmental organizations and media attended the conference.
400 representatives from Germany attended the conference. During
the conference, President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji met
with the German Chancellor and Foreign Minister Fischer. Vice Premier
Wen Jiabao attended the opening ceremony and addressed the conference
on behalf of the Chinese government. The governments of China and
Germany issued a joint statement and agenda of action for environmental
protection.

Sandstorms
and Their Sources
In the spring of 2000,
the northern parts of China had frequent sandstorms. During the
two months from March to mid-May, 14 major sandstorms occurred,
which caused serious weather conditions. The frequency and area
of impacts were unprecedented in the past decade. The main foreign
sources of sandstorms are some countries northwest to China. The
domestic sources are located in the areas around Hami, Ejina, Alashan,
Hetao and Hunshandake Desert. The distance of sand transportation
and the area of impact were mainly dependent on the weather conditions.

The
World Environmental Day: Environment Is For Future---Everybody,
Act!
The
eco-environmental issues caused by mining process
Environmental
Protection measures in Beijing
before Olympic Games
Nowadays
Beijing is facing many environmental problems, especially air pollution.
However, many measures have been taken to improve the environmental
quality, it is sure that such measures is not only for the applying
of the Olympic games, but the holding of Olympic games will bring
to Beijing the greatest environmental wealth beyond the memory of
man.
According
to the sustainable development plan in Beijing(1998-2007), about
twenty key programs and a series of environmental protection measures
will be established , such as the transplant of factories, the use
of natural gases and tree planting ,which will cost 10 billions,
four percent of Beijing’s GDP ,and three billon has been invested
in .And it will definitely improve the environmental quality dramatically
till 2007: atmosphere quality forecast index will be steady at the
second level, and we will have a bluer sky free of suspended particles;
about ten internationally standard sewage disposal plants will efficiently
dispose 90% pollution water, and about thirty percent pollution
water will,be recycled ,which is equal
to the level of cities in developed countries, such as New York
,Tokyo; drinking water quality will dramatically improved, and all
the daily index will meet the state standers; traffic roads will
reach 1000, and there will be 1800 autobuses, tailed gases of automobiles
will be reduced greatly to reach European standards 2. pollution
caused by 2.5 million automobiles will be much less than that by
1.5 million; heavily polluted industries will be transplanted out
of cities, and all the city wastes will be disposed free from harm;
the most advanced incinerators will be put into use in Beijing,
besides, wastes of more than 500 hospitals will be conveyed by special
vehicles or by special packaging through optimized waste- disposal
network ;during the tenth five-year plan ,the ratio of virescence
in Beijing will amount to 48 percent with three green ecotypic safeguards
consisted of hills ,plains and green segregated areas .In a word,
it is not hard to imagine that Beijing will becoming more and more
qualified to a beautiful modern international metropolis.
As a
Olympic sponsor, Beijing will invest 10 billions to improve Olympic
gymkana (Olympic park, Olympic game village and the State Park with
the area of 780ha). The concept of green Olympic just embodies the
systematic combination of function, environmental protection, energy
saving and aesthetics, that is ,except for tree planting ,we will
also make most of the solar energy, nontoxic building materials
and such as environmental Protection measures ..
Corresponding to the
relationship between environmental treatment and applying of Olympic
games, Xie Zhenhua, the director general of environmental bureau,
said that the improvement of the environmental quality is just at
the beginning, but it will be out of question that till 2008, air
quality will reach the international standers, and during the Olympic
game, the are quality will reach the special standers of WHO.”

The
World Environmental Day: Environment Is For Future---Everybody,
Act!
June
5th, 2000 is the 28th World Environmental
Day. The Day’s topic is “Environment Is For Future---Everybody,
Act!”, With the advent of the Day, all kinds of activities for environment,
such as planting trees and grass, street rallies, bike touring,
green concerts are held world widely, in an effort to improve the
public awareness for environment protection.
The
main celebrations of this year’s Environmental Day are held in Australia.
On June 4th, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
chaired the award ceremony for “ the best 500 for the global environment”.500
persons or organizations are awarded for their great contribution
for environment protection. In a national park of England ,a three-day
International Children’s Environmental Protection convention was
held from June 2nd.
The
worldwide environmental pollution and ecosystem destruction are
threatening human’s living conditions. Realizing the seriousness
of the problem, United Nations held the 1st Human and
Environment Protection Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden which was attended
by 1300 delegates from 133 countries. The meeting constituted the
famous document, “ Human’s declaration for environment” and an “
action program” for protecting the world environment. Beside, the
meeting agreed on the common principal about human’s right and obligation
for the global environment protection and held that “human should
protect and improve the environment for the favor of the current
generation and future’s generation”. It was on this meeting that
“World Environmental Day” was suggested by the delegates of the
meeting. In October of the same year, the 27th United
Nations’ meeting passed the suggestion that June 5th be
“the World Environmental Day”. From then on, Every year’s Environmental
Day had an action topic.
The globe of earth,
is our common home for survival and development. However, from the
beginning of this century, with the development of science and technology,
and the increasing enlargement of economy, great changes happened
to the earth. Just as it was pointed out in a report named “The
Year 2000 Forcast For Global Environment” by UNEP, the 21st
century’s world environmental development will face great challenges
because our steps to solve environmental problems lag far behind
the speed of environment worsening. The report also pointed out
that the global warming is unavoidable; there are about 20 percent
of world population who have difficulty to get secure drinkable
water; 1/3 of mammals on earth are on the brink of distinction;
On the past 30 years, various of natural disasters, such as hurricanes,
forest fires have been happening more and more often and seriously
which killed about 3 million lives; armed conflicts and refugee
rushes are causing more serious destruction for environments than
ever.

The
eco-environmental issues caused by mining process
As it has gained great
achievements, mining industry has damaged eco-environment as follows.
1.Exhaust gas, dust
and waste residue caused during the process of exploitation of mine
caused air pollution and acid rain.
2、The exploitation of mine hollowed the deposit, and made the pocket
storing up water. All these can arouse mine geological damage, and
may caused casualty and economic losses.
3、The exploitation of mine destroyed the water balance of diggings,
arousing descending of underground water level, drying out of fountain,
exhausting of water sources and pollution of water.
4、A great deal of lands is misappropriated and damaged. The open
mining directly destroyed lands, and many mullock and waste residue
misappropriated great area of lands. At the same time, mining destroyed
vegetations and eco-environment, and accelerated the soil erosion
and desertification.

Improvement
of Drinking Water Condition and Lavatory Condition in the Country
As
water quality in many countryside is per se very low, the sanitary
protection of water source is not enough, and the drinking water
is not disinfected, the occurring and prevailing of infectious disease
spreading through water are much more frequent in the country than
in the country. Improvement and sanitary protection of water aims
at improving the condition of drinking water, improving sanitation
quality of drinking water and decreasing occurring of infectious
disease though water. The occurring of infectious disease spreading
through water is directly related with the popularization of sanitation
knowledge and the drinking sanitation habit of rural inhabitants,
therefor, popularization of sanitation knowledge is necessary, and
environmental sanitation establishment must be set up to cut off
the spreading path of infectious disease, so as to effectively reduce
the occurring rate of infectious disease, and to debase the pollution
of water supply source
The
program of improving water condition has greatly accelerated the
economic development and structure adjustment. So the scope of improving
water condition had extend from merely sanitary protection to all-around
social function.
As
night soil is the prime criminal that causes intestinal infectious
disease, night soil harmless deposal is the key controlling the
occurring of intestinal infectious disease. Healthful lavatory is
characterized by night soil harmless deposal. Lavatories washed
by water is better than non-water washed lavatories. But, as in
fact, lavatories washed by water are limited by site, water sources
and climate, and the required water quantity is more than 30 times
that of the washed night soil, so in areas short of water sources
, lavatories washed by water is not attainable. Therefor, non-water
washed lavatories are new objects, and they can industrialize night
soil sources. The existing way is disparting dungs and emictions,
and making harmless by applying ashes to dungs. Such disposal can
sterilize mosquito and flies, and night soil can be utilized.
The
improvement of lavatories is a big problem that concerns the daily
activity and the building of inspirit civilization, and we can not
ignore it. As the area of our country is so expansive that the living
habit is very various, the building of lavatories should be various
too as meeting the multitude.

Ozone
Layer
Ozone
is caused from photochemistry function of radiance of solar ultraviolet
radiation. Ozone layer is located 20~25 kilometers above from the
surface of the earth, with the thickness of 3 millimeters, which
is important to the mankind .As ozone layer can absorb more than
99 percent of solar ultraviolet radiation, mankind and other organism
are free from ultraviolet radiation.
During
the 70s in the seventieth century, the England scientist discovered
for the first time by observation that the ozone concentration in
the aerosphere above South Pole was decreasing gradually, which
was especially obvious during September and October. American secondary
planet “cloud –rain no.7” detected that the area in which the ozone
layer depleted sized as ellipse, and the area were as big as the
area of American country in 1985. As the area is like a dented patch,
scientist called these phenomena as South Pole ozone hole. In 1989,
scientist discovered that ozone layer above north pole had been
seriously depleted, only slighter than that of South Pole in the
degree.
It
indicates through investigation that the substances depleting ozone
layer are CFC, Halon which caused from such substances as Chlorofluorohydrocarbon
and brominefluorohydrocarbon used by mankind.
The
aftereffect of depleting of ozone layer:
- The number
of people suffering skin cancer and cataract will increase
- The quality
and quantity of crops will decrease
- Plankton
will suffer disadvantages
- Photochemistry
fog will be engendered
The
existing pacts protecting ozone layer are as below:
Vienna
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. 22 March 1985
Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. 16 September
1987
London
adjustment and amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substance
that Deplete the Ozone Layer,29 June 1990
16
September is designated as the exact day of international protection
of Ozone Layer.
Recently,
Tepuf, execution director of UNEP, pointed out that the global warming
up destroyed the ozone layer much seriously than expected, so all
the countries in the world must stop using such substances that
deplete ozone layer as Chlorofluorohydrocarbon and brominefluorohydrocarbon
as possible as can. And he said, the latest science discovery indicated
that green house gases kept heat in the trosphere of the surface
of the earth from entering the stratosphere, as a result, the temperature
in the stratophere declined ,which speeded the depleting of the
ozone layer.

Model
cities and districts of environmental protection
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year
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city
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the district of te city
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2000
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Qingdao,Wendeng,Jiangyin
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Minhang district of shanghai
Dagang district of tianjing
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1999
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Hainan,Shantou,Suzhou
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1998
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Yantai,Rongcheng,Laizhou,
Kunshan,Zhongshan
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1997
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Weihai,Zhangjiagang,Dalian,
Zhuhai,Shenzhon Xiamen
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The
rising problem in the process of Restoring plantations
There
are some rising problems in the demonstration of restoring plantations,
mostly are as follows: in some regions, in the process of restoring
plantations, so much economic woods are formed that made the purpose
of “exchanging ecology with provisions” unattainable; the quantity
of saplings is low, and the supply of saplings is not accord with
the demand; in some regions, many plantations with good irrigation
condition and fertile soil are restored that peasants are deprived
of survival lands; many slope lands that should be restored remain
productive, on the contrary, many survival lands are restored; after
restoring , many resorted lands are used to cultivate certain saplings
at certain proportion; furthermore, the quality of afforesting is
not satisfying.
For
the present, there are 13 provinces including 312 counties that
have carried out the program of restoring plantations, the number
of counties increased from the planed 174 counties at rate of 79.3%.
And the actual restored plantations are 5.15 million mu more than
the planed areas.
The
survival rate of afforesting is below than 85%, even low than 70%.
Many restored plantations are not afforested, as a result the lands
are more vulnerable to desertivication. and soil erosion.
Against
the error in the process of demonstration of restoring plantations,
the related principal of state forestry bureau point out that each
county must perform strictly according to the demonstration assignment,
preventing restoring more plantation than planed, and that slope
lands of serious soil erosion should be restored, but fertile lands,
flat lands and high yield lands should not be restored.
One
control and two targets
It
is prescribed in the “decisions to some environmental protection
questions”
designed by
the Chinese State that goal of “one control and two targets” be
achieved by 2000.The details are as follows: the total emission
amount of main pollutants must be in the prescribed total emission
amount index in provinces, municipalities and cities directly under
the jurisdiction of the state; pollutants caused from all industries
must be controlled under the state standards or local governments
standards; atmosphere qualities and water qualities of cities directly
under the jurisdiction of the nation, capitals of the provinces,
specially economic areas, cities along seas and important touring
cities must reach individually the state functional section standards
Environmental
management system(ISO14000)
ISO14000
is the first common standard about the establishment, implementation
and examination of interior environmental management system of organization,
established by the biggest non-government international standardized
organization in the world. It is mostly used by some organizations
to undertake the promise and necessary obligation of abating pollution
and protecting environment. ISO1400 is the core ,which aims at establishing
and maintaining a EMS up to the request, and improving the environmental
quality through the effect performance of repeated environmental
assessment and management examination(including interior examination
and exterior examination).
ISO14000
series standards is another outstanding contribution after ISO9000.
They
Can
be applied to areas such as international business, international
industry, non-profitable organization. They can perfect the validity
of management system and improve environmental
consciousness
.Like ISO9000,ISO1400 can boost the world trade organization.
The
significance of establishing ISO14000 is as below:
- Harmonizing
relationships between environment protection and sustainable development.
- Unionizing
the existing different EMS in the world, enhancing international
cooperation
- Improving
management system and behaves of organizations in a potential
and continuous way .
- Reducing
the non-tariff wall in the world trade ,speeding the world trading
business
- Making corporations
band environmental benefit and economic benefit together.

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