China's Environment

Abstract

At present, China is at the stage of accelerated development of industrialization and urbanization, a period in which the confl ict between economic growth and environmental protection is quite salient. From the 1980s onward, a series of ecological issues, such as water and soil erosion, grassland degradation, desertifi cation, disappearance of biological diversity, and so on, appeared due to the growth of population and over-exploitation of resources. Environmental pollution related to technical progress and ecological deterioration are serious problems in some parts of China: the emissions of major pollutants surpass the environmental carrying capacity pollution of resources such as water, land, and soil are severe solid waste, vehicle exhaust, and persistent organic pollutants are increasing. Th is trend is moving from the cities to the countryside and from the east to the west. Th e eff ects are not only due to economic activities and population pressure, but also by climate change and the greenhouse eff ect that aff ects the world.