Economic: environment quality in China and Policy

Running Head : Environment Quality

Economic : Environment Quality in China and Policy

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Economic : Environment Quality in China and Policy

Introduction

China has steadily converted into a market economy during last two decades . Its growth pace has made China one of the fastest growing economies . Continued growth process is reducing poverty level of china by increasing their income . This rapid economic growth of China is stressing its resources and ecology , by increasing environmental pollution caused by industries and modernization in the country (Walton

, 1900

This environmental change is damaging air and water quality , agriculture productivity , human health and ultimately the overall economy . Because of these environmental disasters , the government of China is encouraging harmony within local society and between human beings and nature . It has become one of the top national priorities of China

China has started to establish and operate comprehensive laws and regulations to control environmental damage to its ecological environment such as soil erosion , quality of water resources and its pollution , desertification , air pollution and other major problems . As a result , State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA ) was established in 1998 . Its role was to disseminate the rule and regulation of national environmental policy of China (Gilpin , 2000

The main functions of SEPA were collection of data and providing technological advices on environmental issues based on national and international scenarios . SEPA is developing a system for the evaluation of environmental performance related to governmental departments and other sectors

The indicators set for the environmental enforcement objectives may be categorized according to their subject and targets of evaluation . For instance , those who are associated with perfect implementation of environmental policies , laws , and regulation of government are actually evaluating those indicators who are evaluating different enterprises are actually emphasizing on environmental inputs such are emissions , rate and capacity of environmental impurities , compliance etc (Economy , 1999

Regardless of the efforts put by the government of China , most of the pollutants remained high . China still lacking with forest-covered area even it is having extending The yearly desertification rate is degrading grassland area with relatively high pace . On the other hand , erosion is also increasing in numerous places by which China is loosing soil and arable land frequently causing economic loss

The rate of utilizing water resources has been increased even over the warning line accepted internationally . Consequently , the process of water purification naturally is un-accomplishing and damaging ecological environment by the rivers . Another challenge to ecological environment of china is the decrease in home species and biodiversity . Officials associated with ecological environmental issues blame rapid growth process of the economy of China for the current situation (Bertram 1937

The traditional way of using resources in an unbalanced economic structure pays little attention to protect resources and change the way of using them . The idea to attain rapid economic growth by paying cost to sacrifice ecological environment still dominates in different regions and creating great threat to ecological environment

For environmental requirements , China must take certain actions...