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S. Zhang
1 Overview of the IT-Based Development
in Eco-Environment
In China, the IT application in environment started during the 7th Five-Year Plan
period and enjoyed a rapid growth during the 9th and 10th Five-Year Plan periods.
By virtue of the World Bank loan projects and the Japanese government’s grant
to build environmental information system in 100 cities in China, we established
environmental information organs at ministerial, provincial and municipal levels.
They have made notable achievements serving environmental management, basic
capabilities in IT application, and organizational team building.
During the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plan periods, a series of major projects were
implemented to promote IT application in environment, including the project to
enhance the automatic monitoring capacity in state-controlled key pollution sources,
the national environmental information and statistical capacity building project, the
first national survey of pollution sources, and the first national survey of soil pollution. A “three-tier and four-level” environmental business network covering environmental management agencies at ministerial, provincial, municipal, and county levels,
along with the monitoring system for environmental quality and state-controlled
pollution sources have been basically completed. The capabilities for the collection
and transmission of environmental data have been greatly improved.
Since the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, under the guidance of Xi
Jinping’s strategic thinking on building China into a cyberpower and against the backdrop of the rapid development of information technology, the Ministry of Ecology
and Environment has successively issued and implemented the Overall Plan for the
Development of Big Data on Ecology and Environment, the Implementation Plan for
Integration and Sharing of Administrative Information of Ministry of Ecology and
Environment, and a series of other important plans. The monitoring system integrating
the use of satellite, aerial and ground stations has been continuously improved. Active
efforts have been made to promote the disclosure of administrative information and
the development of service platforms, while exploring the innovative application of
big data on ecology and environment. In this way, the environmental IT application
has made positive progress. In April 2018, in his speech at the national conference on
the work of cybersecurity and informatization, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed
out to “practice the new concepts of development and accelerate the IT application.”
In July 2018, Minister Li Ganjie of Ecology and Environment inspected the Information Center and presided over a symposium on the IT application in ecology and
environment. With the focus on winning the battle against pollution, a comprehensive plan for IT-based reform and innovative development was made, launching the
IT-based development in ecology and environment to the fast lane.
S. Zhang
1 Overview of the IT-Based Development
in Eco-Environment
In China, the IT application in environment started during the 7th Five-Year Plan
period and enjoyed a rapid growth during the 9th and 10th Five-Year Plan periods.
By virtue of the World Bank loan projects and the Japanese government’s grant
to build environmental information system in 100 cities in China, we established
environmental information organs at ministerial, provincial and municipal levels.
They have made notable achievements serving environmental management, basic
capabilities in IT application, and organizational team building.
During the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plan periods, a series of major projects were
implemented to promote IT application in environment, including the project to
enhance the automatic monitoring capacity in state-controlled key pollution sources,
the national environmental information and statistical capacity building project, the
first national survey of pollution sources, and the first national survey of soil pollution. A “three-tier and four-level” environmental business network covering environmental management agencies at ministerial, provincial, municipal, and county levels,
along with the monitoring system for environmental quality and state-controlled
pollution sources have been basically completed. The capabilities for the collection
and transmission of environmental data have been greatly improved.
Since the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, under the guidance of Xi
Jinping’s strategic thinking on building China into a cyberpower and against the backdrop of the rapid development of information technology, the Ministry of Ecology
and Environment has successively issued and implemented the Overall Plan for the
Development of Big Data on Ecology and Environment, the Implementation Plan for
Integration and Sharing of Administrative Information of Ministry of Ecology and
Environment, and a series of other important plans. The monitoring system integrating
the use of satellite, aerial and ground stations has been continuously improved. Active
efforts have been made to promote the disclosure of administrative information and
the development of service platforms, while exploring the innovative application of
big data on ecology and environment. In this way, the environmental IT application
has made positive progress. In April 2018, in his speech at the national conference on
the work of cybersecurity and informatization, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed
out to “practice the new concepts of development and accelerate the IT application.”
In July 2018, Minister Li Ganjie of Ecology and Environment inspected the Information Center and presided over a symposium on the IT application in ecology and
environment. With the focus on winning the battle against pollution, a comprehensive plan for IT-based reform and innovative development was made, launching the
IT-based development in ecology and environment to the fast lane.