{"id":6519,"date":"2006-03-13T08:51:46","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T15:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/13\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T19:13:01","slug":"environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nZhou Shengxian, head of SEPA<\/a>, has been popping up all over the media landscape after making a statement to the 10th session of the National People’s Congress<\/a> about the need for more concentration on environmental issues.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe latest from Reuters via Planet Ark (link<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n

\n“Scientific approach to development” might seem like at empty slogan, but China’s environment chief thinks it’s the tool he needs to tackle the country’s pollution woes.<\/p>\n

“It has equipped me with a very powerful weapon. If I use this weapon properly I will not end up resigning,” said Zhou, who heads the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).<\/p>\n

More than two decades of 9.5 percent annual growth have come at the cost of pollution so severe it has become a cause of riots, health problems and made China home to 20 of the world’s 30 most smog-choked cities.<\/p>\n

But in what has become a theme of the 10-day session of China’s annual rubber-stamp parliament, when nearly 3,000 delegates meet to discuss and improve Communist Party policies, Zhou said the growth at any cost approach was changing.<\/p>\n

“Under some conditions, development is like combustion,” Zhou warned. “What’s burned away are resources, what’s leftover is pollution, and what’s produced in that process is GDP.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThis follows AP coverage of Zhou’s recent remarks to the NPC via the Seattle Post Intelligencer (link<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: China<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nEnvironmental protection took on new urgency for Chinese leaders after a Nov. 13 chemical spill in a northeastern river forced a city to shut down its water supply, and sent pollutants flowing into Russia.<\/p>\n

Zhou’s agency said in a report that its goals for this year include better prevention and control of pollution in major rivers, stricter environmental law enforcement and increased supervision of nuclear and radiation safety.<\/p>\n

The agency also will develop an environmental law enforcement team, it said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nFinally, the Chinese Press appear to be jumping on Zhou’s bandwagon, with Xinhua running an article on farmers’ support for an “environment-friendly countryside<\/a>” and People’s Daily quoting an NPC delegate as calling for the writing of a “right to environmental information<\/a>” into the Chinese constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zhou Shengxian, head of SEPA, has been popping up all over the media landscape after making a statement to the 10th session of the National People’s Congress about the need for more concentration on environmental issues. The latest from Reuters via Planet Ark (link): “Scientific approach to development” might seem like at empty slogan, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,132,100,4202],"tags":[2772,302,1018],"class_list":["post-6519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdt-highlights","category-environmental-crisis","category-politics","category-translation","tag-npc-2006","tag-pollution","tag-sustainable-development","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nEnvironment the hot topic at NPC 2006<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zhou Shengxian, head of SEPA, has been popping up all over the media landscape after making a statement to the 10th session of the National People’s Congress about the need for more concentration on environmental issues. The latest from Reuters via Planet Ark (link): “Scientific approach to development” might seem like at empty slogan, but […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zhaohua Li\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zhaohua Li\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zhaohua Li\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bed7a6d0e690e0989a2940ff1c0ebc0d\"},\"headline\":\"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"NPC 2006\",\"pollution\",\"sustainable development\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CDT Highlights\",\"Environment\",\"Politics\",\"Translation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\",\"name\":\"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bed7a6d0e690e0989a2940ff1c0ebc0d\",\"name\":\"Zhaohua Li\",\"description\":\"Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/zhaohua-li\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006","og_description":"Zhou Shengxian, head of SEPA, has been popping up all over the media landscape after making a statement to the 10th session of the National People’s Congress about the need for more concentration on environmental issues. The latest from Reuters via Planet Ark (link): “Scientific approach to development” might seem like at empty slogan, but […]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":186,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Zhaohua Li","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zhaohua Li","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/"},"author":{"name":"Zhaohua Li","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bed7a6d0e690e0989a2940ff1c0ebc0d"},"headline":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006","datePublished":"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/"},"wordCount":351,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"keywords":["NPC 2006","pollution","sustainable development"],"articleSection":["CDT Highlights","Environment","Politics","Translation"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/","name":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-03-13T15:51:46+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-30T19:13:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/environment-the-hot-topic-at-npc-2006\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Environment the hot topic at NPC 2006"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bed7a6d0e690e0989a2940ff1c0ebc0d","name":"Zhaohua Li","description":"Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.","sameAs":["http:\/\/"],"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/zhaohua-li\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}