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29,000 km), the total highway mileage reached 4,846,500 km (including expressway
of 142,600 km), and the navigable mileage of inland waterways reached 127,100 km
(including graded waterway of 66,400 km). In addition, there were 23,919 production terminal berths in ports (including 2444 berths of 10,000 tons and above) and
235 civil aviation airports (including 95 general airports capable of receiving more
than 1 million passengers).
Transportation is a basic, pioneering and strategic industry in the national
economy. It’s also a focus of national efforts in eco-environment protection, energy
conservation, emission reduction, and response to climate change. At the early stage,
the construction of transportation infrastructure consumed a large amount of land,
energy and resources, exerting a certain impact on the ecological environment. Pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions generated during transportation have gradually
come to the fore. The history of green development of transportation could be divided
into three stages respectively marked by the establishment of the Environmental
Protection Leading Group by the Ministry of Transportation for the first time in
1974, the 14th CPC National Congress, and the 18th CPC National Congress. The
green development has went through the stages from the prevention and control
of water pollution from ships and ports, the highway ecological protection as an
important part of highway construction, to the promotion of ecological civilization
in transportation covering all sectors, regions and processes in an all-round manner
under the guidance of concepts about ecological progress as a part of the Five-Sphere
Integrated Plan and green development among the five concepts of development.
1. Actively explore and initiate the prevention and control of water transport
pollution (1949—the establishment of Environmental Protection Group
by Ministry of Transportation in 1974—prior to the 14th CPC National
Congress in 1992)
During this period, against the backdrop of underdeveloped highway and waterway
transportation infrastructure, backward transportation equipment and poor transportation guarantee capacity, China made pioneering explorations to develop the
transportation industry, covering such fields as infrastructure, system and institutions, transportation services, legal system building, and opening up. At the first
National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in 1973, the transportation
industry was made one of the earliest industries in China to engage in environmental
protection. In 1974, the Ministry of Transport established the Environmental Protection Leading Group and set up an office for environmental protection accordingly.
In 1987, the Ministry of Transport promulgated the Administrative Measures for
Environmental Protection in Transportation Construction Projects (Trial). It marked
the official beginning of developing the legal system for environmental protection
in the transportation industry. In 1989, the Ministry of Transport adjusted the Environmental Protection Leading Group to the Environmental Protection Committee,
consolidating the leadership and organization of environmental protection in the
industry.
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29,000 km), the total highway mileage reached 4,846,500 km (including expressway
of 142,600 km), and the navigable mileage of inland waterways reached 127,100 km
(including graded waterway of 66,400 km). In addition, there were 23,919 production terminal berths in ports (including 2444 berths of 10,000 tons and above) and
235 civil aviation airports (including 95 general airports capable of receiving more
than 1 million passengers).
Transportation is a basic, pioneering and strategic industry in the national
economy. It’s also a focus of national efforts in eco-environment protection, energy
conservation, emission reduction, and response to climate change. At the early stage,
the construction of transportation infrastructure consumed a large amount of land,
energy and resources, exerting a certain impact on the ecological environment. Pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions generated during transportation have gradually
come to the fore. The history of green development of transportation could be divided
into three stages respectively marked by the establishment of the Environmental
Protection Leading Group by the Ministry of Transportation for the first time in
1974, the 14th CPC National Congress, and the 18th CPC National Congress. The
green development has went through the stages from the prevention and control
of water pollution from ships and ports, the highway ecological protection as an
important part of highway construction, to the promotion of ecological civilization
in transportation covering all sectors, regions and processes in an all-round manner
under the guidance of concepts about ecological progress as a part of the Five-Sphere
Integrated Plan and green development among the five concepts of development.
1. Actively explore and initiate the prevention and control of water transport
pollution (1949—the establishment of Environmental Protection Group
by Ministry of Transportation in 1974—prior to the 14th CPC National
Congress in 1992)
During this period, against the backdrop of underdeveloped highway and waterway
transportation infrastructure, backward transportation equipment and poor transportation guarantee capacity, China made pioneering explorations to develop the
transportation industry, covering such fields as infrastructure, system and institutions, transportation services, legal system building, and opening up. At the first
National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in 1973, the transportation
industry was made one of the earliest industries in China to engage in environmental
protection. In 1974, the Ministry of Transport established the Environmental Protection Leading Group and set up an office for environmental protection accordingly.
In 1987, the Ministry of Transport promulgated the Administrative Measures for
Environmental Protection in Transportation Construction Projects (Trial). It marked
the official beginning of developing the legal system for environmental protection
in the transportation industry. In 1989, the Ministry of Transport adjusted the Environmental Protection Leading Group to the Environmental Protection Committee,
consolidating the leadership and organization of environmental protection in the
industry.