General Report
Environmental and Ecological Protection: Nation’s Responsibility
and Citizen’s Rights ......................................... Li Dun／001
Special Focus
On China’s Role in the International Climatic Negotiation ........ Yu Jie／042
Frequent Outbreaks of Environment and Health Incidents
Shocking Society ........................................ Qie Jianrong／052
2009: Garbage Crisis at Crossroad ........................ Yang Changjiang／060
Green Growth Expectation from the Four-Trillion
Economic Stimulus ........................................... Zhang Ke／068
Public-interest Litigation against Illegal Construction of Two
Hydropower Stations in Middle Reach of Jinsha River
................................................ Xia Jun, Qie Jianrong／080
Environment and Health
Heavy Metal Pollution: Urgent and Unignorable Damage
to Health ................................................ Lv Zhongmei／090
Serious Difficulties in Litigation against Environmental
Pollution Violations .................................. Zhang Jingjing／100
An Appeal for Application and Approaches of Environmental
Health Risk Assessment (EHRA) in China ................. Pan Xiaochuan／108
Environment Pollution
Environmental Crisis in Special Economic Zone in Ningxia,
Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi .................................. Yu Cheng／116
Facing up to the Environmental Troubles in Resources Development
in Western China ........................................... Yang Yong／125
System Innovations Needed for Water Pollution Control .......... Zhang Rui／134
New Pollution Caused by Subsidizing Household Appliance Purchase
in the Rural Area ........................................ Cai Yongfei／142
Ecology Protection
Analysis of Transformation Predicament by Studying the Case of
Tourism Development in Changbai Mountain Reserve ........ Shen Xiaohui／153
Are Conservation Measures for Giant Panda in the Wildness Providing
Successful Safeguard for the Species’Survival?
............................... Wang Hao, Sun Shan, Chen Ai and Lv Zhi／165
Protection Protocol
——A New Government-led and Community-based Ecological Protection
Model ............. Li Shengzhi, He Xin, Feng Jie and Mao Chending／174
Biological Diversity: Double Meanings for Climate Change .......... Lv Zhi／181
Municipal Solid Waste
Public Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management: Discourse
between Procedural Justice and Technological Justice ... Feng Yongfeng／190
Introduction and Projection of Weighed and Billed Solid
Waste Management ............................................... Li He／199
The Way out of the Policy and Implementation Dilemma
on Plastic Bag Restriction .................................... Mao Da／207
Sustainable Consumption
The Awkward Circumstance to Promote Sustainable
Consumption ................................ Zheng Yisheng, Zhang Boju／216
Luxurious Water Consumption in Water-Hungry Beijing ........... Hu Kanping／224
Transplanting Tall and Old Trees to Urban Area: An Ecological Paradox
of Green City ............................ Jiang Gaoming, Zheng Yanhai／231
Governance and Public Policy
A Difficult Start Taken for Environmental Information Disclosure
............................................................ IPE, NRDC／241
Rule of Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Breakthrough
and Constraints .......................................... Wang Shekun／258
Judiciary Error in Yancheng Water Pollution ..................... Feng Jia／265
Insight into Development of Environmental Public-interest Litigations
from Seven Experimental Cases ............................. Lin Yanmei／272
Low-carbon Economy Proposals to the Annual Sessions
of NPC & CPPCC in 2009 .................................. Chen Hongwei／283
Events 2009 ..............................................................／294
Appendix
Indicators and Index
Annual Indicators of the Green Book of China’s Environment 2009 .....／306
Urban Air Quality Ranking of Provincial Capitals and
Municipalities in China, 2009 ....................................／316
Laws and Regulations
List of Laws and Regulations Related to Environmental
Protection Issued in 2008 and 2009 ...............................／321
Public Proposals
“When Severe Drought Hit” Appeals from Environmental
Protection NGOs ..................................................／323
Intensive Attention to Environmental Supervision on the Four-Trillion
Stimulus Package to Enhance the Competitive Power
of China’s Economy ..............................................／325
Initiative on “Earth Day”: Green Century, Green Choice .............／327
Historical Responsibilities for Decision-Making on the Development
of Jinsha River ..................................................／328
Say NO to Hummer and Give the Green Light to Climate .................／331
Initiative for Green Timber Industry .................................／332
An Open Letter to the Assessment Panel with Regard to the
Close-to-Extinction Rare Fishes in the Upper Reach
of Yangtze River .................................................／333
Position of China’s Civil Society for Climate Change 2009 ...........／335
Green Beijing Action Plan Needs Everyone’s Participation ............／337
International Perspective
Differences between Chinese and Western Climate Philosophies .........／338
Sticking to a truly “green”stimulus ................................／341
Learning from Barack Obama’s New Biofuel Strategy ...................／344
Investigation Reports
Independent Report on the West Route of South-to-North Water
Transfer Project .................................................／347
Participation of China’s Civil Society Organizations in Climate
Disaster Relief ..................................................／356
Research Report on the Plastic Bag Restriction Policy
in Six Cities ....................................................／361
Annual Prizes and Awards
The 3rd SEE-TNC Ecological Award .....................................／370
The 4th Toyota China Youth Environmental Protection Award ............／371
Green Bank Innovation Award 2008 .....................................／373
Magsese Award Granted to Yu Xiaogang and Ma Jun ......................／374
The 30th W. Eugene Smith Fund for Humanitarian Documentary
Photography Award Granted to Chinese Photographer Lu Guang .......／375
Postscript and Brief Introduction of Friends of Nature ...................／376
Feedback to Green Book of China Environment Survey .......................／379
