clockwise from top left: Wang Jinnan, Gao Minxue,
Lei Ming, Lei Ming
Group Leader: Pan Yue
Members: Wang Jinnan, Gao Minxue, Lei Ming, Cao Dong, Guo
Xiaomin, Jiang Hongqiang, Zhao Yue, Zhou Guohai, Fu Deqian, Lei
Ming
Special Consultant: Niu Wenyuan
The State Environmental Protection Administration and National
Statistics Bureau published China’s first Green GDP (gross domestic
product) Accounting Report in September 2006. Starting in March
2004, the research group collected and analyzed data related to
pollution caused by 42 industries, projected controlling costs, and
environmental degradation costs across the country. According to
the report, nationwide environmental pollution caused 511.8 billion
yuan of economic losses (US$61.8 billion) in 2004, or 3.05 percent
of total GDP.
(China.org.cn, January 29, 2006)
