CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Section 1 China's Understanding of Sustainable Development
Section 2 The Overall Progress in Implementing the Strategy of Sustainable Development
Section 3 Progress and Achievements in Priority Areas
Section 4 Strategic Concept, and Related Policies and Measures
Section 5 Basic Principles and Position on Several Questions Concerning Global Environment and Development

Chapter 2 Formulation and Implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy

Section 1 Sustainable Development - the Inevitable Choice of the Chinese Government
Section 2 Drafting of China's Agenda 21
Section 3 Integration of China's Agenda 21 into Social and Economic Development Plans
Section 4 Legislation on Sustainable Development and Its Enforcement
Section 5 Public Education and Participation in Sustainable Development
Section 6 Progress in Implementing Local Agenda 21

Chapter 3 Actions and Achievements in the Major Fields of Sustainable Development

Section 1 Population
Section 2 Poverty Alleviation
Section 3 Human Environment and Settlement Construction
Section 4 Agriculture and Rural Areas
Section 5 Industry
Section 6 Energy Production and Consumption
Section 7 Land Resources
Section 8 Forest Resources
Section 9 Water Resources
Section 10 Marine Resources
Section 11 Disaster Mitigation and Prevention
Section 12 Protection of the Atmosphere
Section 13 Control of Solid Wastes
Section 14 Biodiversity Protection

Chapter 4 China's Plans and Measures for Realisation of the Sustainable Development Strategynrc3s9 Document

Section 1 Strategic Plans for Realising Sustainable Development
Section 2 Advantages and Obstacles
Section 3 Concrete Measures
Section 4 International Cooperation

Chapter 5 China's Basic Principles and Position on Some International Issues Relating to Sustainable Development

Section 1 China's Assessment of the International Community's Activities in the Realm of Environment and Development
Section 2 China's Implementation of Relevant International Conventions Relating to Environment
Section 3 China's Views on Several Global Cross-Sectorial Issues

Appendix

Organisational Institutions and Members Involved in the Compilation of the National Report on Sustainable Development of the People's Republic of China

 

Index of Boxes

Box 2-1 The Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21
Box 2-2 Brief Introduction to China's Agenda 21
Box 2-3 The Sustainable Development Strategy as Reflected in the Municipal Development Programme of Beijing
Box 2-4 Main Contents of the "Decision of the State Council on Issues Related to Environmental Protection"
Box 2-5 Brief Introduction to Legislation on Sustainable Development
Box 2-6 China Environmental Tour of the Century
Box 2-7 Niu Yuqin - A Model Peasant of Afforestation and Desert Control
Box 2-8 The Main Aims of China's Sustainable Development Experimental Communities
Box 3-1 Forecast of China's Population
Box 3-2 The Hope Project
Box 3-3 The Re-Employment Project
Box 3-4 The Spark Programme
Box 3-5 The "Guangcai" Project - Chinese Entrepeneurs Investing in Poverty Alleviation
Box 3-6 Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Control in Benxi City
Box 3-7 China Can Ensure Food Security Through Its Own Efforts
Box 3-8 Development of Ecological Agriculture in Jingshan County, Hubei Province
Box 3-9 A Case Study of Cleaner Production - Beijing Brewery Co.
Box 3-10 Methane Technology in the Countryside
Box 3-11 Soil Erosion Control in the Middle and Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River
Box 3-12 China's Measures for the Protection of Farmland
Box 3-13 The Development Objectives of the Forestry Action Plan for China's Agenda 21
Box 3-14 Complete Success of China - UNICEF Water Supply and Environmental Health Cooperation
Box 3-15 Water Resources in China
Box 3-16 Cultivating Healthy Ecosystems and Promoting the Sustainable Development of Sea Islands
Box 3-17 Shanghai's Progress on Ozone-Depleting Material Substitution and Reduction
Box 3-18 Biodiversity in China
Box 3-19 China's Biodiversity Conservation Action Plan
Box 3-20 Giant Panda Habitat Protection and Restoration Project
Box 4-1 The Priority Programme for China's Agenda 21

Index of Figures and Tables

Figure 3-1 Graph of the Poverty-Stricken Population
Figure 3-2 The Urbanisation Process in China
Figure 3-3 China's Forest Coverage and Variation in the Standing Stock Volume

Table 3-1 Forecast of China's Energy Consumption (from the Energy Institute of the SPC)
Table 3-2 Forecast of China's Primary Energy Production (from the Energy Institute of the SPC)

 

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