Ⅰ General Report
1 Facing Disaster and Pollution: Corporate Social Responsibilities
and More ...................................................... Li Dun/001
Ⅱ Special Focus
2 Major Geological Disasters during Rainy Season in 2010 ....... Fan Xiao/044
3 Water Ecology Crisis and Solutions: An Analysis Based
on Droughts in Southwest China .............................. Zhou Lei/053
4 Cities: How to Avoid Inland Inundation ...................... Yan Weiqi/061
5 Natural Disasters: A Compulsory Way to Fix Human Wrongdoings
......................................................... Shen Xiaohui/070
Ⅲ Environment Pollution and Ecology Protection
6 Staggering Ecological Deterioration on Yellow River ......... Wang Jian/085
7 Xiaonanhai, Elegy of the Natural Reserve in the New Round of
River Development .................................. Friends of Nature/095
8 Solution Yet to Be Found to China’s Heavy Metal
Health Risk ............................................ Yang Chuanmin/107
Ⅳ Governance and Public Policy
9 A Review of Major Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Events
in 2010 ....................................................... Yu Jie/117
10 Pollution Information Disclosure in Dilemma ................ IPE, NRDC/127
11 NGOs Play a Positive Role in Handling Shanghai Richina
Leather Pollution ........................................ Gu Xunzhong/141
12 Why Didn’t MOEP Sue Zijin Mining Group ................. Qie Jianrong/151
Ⅴ Livability
13 Livability, a New Lens for Environmental and Social Challenges
in “China-paced”Urbanization ................................ Li Bo/160
14 The Recollection of Expo Shanghai and Its Green Heritage . Zhu Hongjun/169
Ⅵ Sustainable Consumption
15 Continued Conflicts and the Difficulties to Make Improvements
............................................ Zhang Boju, Zheng Yisheng/177
16 Sustainable Consumption: What, Why and How ................. Liang Fan/188
17 A New Round of Luxury Water Consumption ................... Hu Kanping/195
Ⅶ Municipal Solid Waste
18 Waste Crisis ......................................... Yang Changjiang/207
19 Public Participation to Promote Green Revolution of
Electronic Waste Reclamation ................................. Lai Yun/217
20 2010: A Restless Year for Environmental Policies on Packaging
................................................... Mao Da, Yang Weihe/226
21 Garbage Problems and Solutions in Rural China ............ Lv Zhongmei/234
Ⅷ China and the World in an Environmental Perspective
22 Environmental Protection Policy for Chinese
Overseas Investment ....................... Kong Linghong, Wen Huajing/246
23 Transgressing Global and Local: Environmental NGOs
and Chinese Overseas Investment ................. Lo Sze Ping,Yi Yimin/255
Ⅸ Events
24 Events 2010 ........................................................../266
Ⅹ Appendix
Indicators and Index
25 Annual Indicators of the China Environment Yearbook 2010 ........./278
26 Urban Air Quality Ranking of Provincial Capitals and
Municipalities in China, 2010 ..................................../289
Law and Regulations
27 List of Laws and Regulations Related to Environment Protection
Issued in 2010 .................................................../294
Public Proposals
28 Appeal from 34 Environmental Protection Organizations: More
Attention to Heavy Metal Pollution in IT Manufacturing Industry ../296
29 NGO Appeals to Bourses in Shanghai and Hong Kong for Better
Information Disclosure from Listed Companies ...................../298
30 NGOs Say No to Excessive Packaging .............................../301
31 Position Paper Published for UNFCCC Cancun Meeting
from China Civil Society ........................................./303
International Perspective
32 Saving Water in America ........................................../306
33 The Urban Dream ................................................../310
Investigation Reports
34 Investigation on Heavy Metal Pollution in the Supply Chains
of IT Manufacturers in 2010 ....................................../313
35 Analysis on Current Status of Bicycles in Beijing’s Low-Carbon
Travelling Policy ................................................/320
Annual Prizes and Awards
36 Green China Person of the Year 2008, 2009 ......................../325
37 Green Bank Innovation Award and Environmental Information
Disclosure Award, 2009 .........................................../326
38 Dedicated to Environmental Protection, 3 Chinese Given Ramon
Magasaysay Award ................................................./327
39 Subaru Ecological Conservation Award, 2010 ......................./328
40 Sohu Chinese Green Gold Prize ..................................../329
41 Ford Environmental Conservation Award ............................/330
42 Postscript and Brief Introduction of Friends of Nature .............../332
Feedback to Yearbook of China Environment Survey ........................./335
This book presents the overall situation in China’s environment and development sector in 2010 from multi-perspectives through analysis of hot issues. It collects extensive and multilateral information including documents and reports from governments, NGOs, and international societies in its appendix. It records, examines and reflects upon China’s environmental situation from civil perspectives with basis on data and fact to achieve positivity, authenticity and authoritativeness.