Latest comments posted about Balancing China’s development on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/783-Balancing-China-s-development http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/783-Balancing-China-s-development In China’s politics, the relationship between the central and local governments is delicate and crucial. To understand the issue of environmental management, one needs to take into account of the competitive relationships between the central and the local government. In the United Kingdom, there is the sustainable development committee within the government. China has a similar setting like the Agenda 21 under the supervision of Ministry of Technology, though it rarely supervise or coordinate. Agenda 21 is neither effective nor functioning as it indicates. State Environmental Protection Administration (“SEPA”) is not powerful enough in its political ranking. Above SEPA, there is a vice premier in charge of this particular ministry as well as others. Vice premiers couldn’t coordinate the work of different ministries, because they fall into the different supervision of other vice premiers. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:22:02 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1966 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1966 How does the Green GDP calculate the net worth of, for example, an endangered species relative to something else, such as air pollution or soil erosion ? While I love the idea of the Green GDP at an intutitive level, it, like other heady sustainability terminology like Ecological Footprint analysis seems to be hard to transform into something concrete and practical to use at a planning level. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:50:41 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1955 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1955 For China, the introduction of Green GDP is already a progress, even though its accounting and implementation still need big improvement. All Chinese officials, whether they like to take actions to protect environment or not, have to recognize that the practice of Green GDP is the tendency. And those who intends to dodge duties will lose their positions eventually. I am very confident with China's practice with Green GDP, but I have to say it will experience a zig-zag process. It also probably leads to some corruptions, but they are not preventable during the process of Green GDP developing to be a mature system, because it (Green GDP) is a new concept for all of us. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:37:50 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1780 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/783#comment-1780