Establish a green national economic accounting system in China

Author: Pan Yue, Li Deshui (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The successful hosting of this international seminar marks a good start for China in establishing a green national economic accounting system and has put forward many valuable suggestions for the development of China's green national economic accounting work. Regarding the next steps in China's green national economic accounting work, the seminar proposed the following four recommendations:
1. Propose and improve the theoretical framework of green national economic accounting, enhancing its scientific rigor and operational feasibility to provide a basis for government decision-making.
2. Select several domestic regions with a solid foundation in green national economic accounting to accelerate pilot projects, starting with easier tasks and gradually refining the green national economic accounting system.
3. Quickly initiate a national survey on environmental pollution losses and ecological damage losses to advance the valuation of natural resources and environmental physical assets, as well as stock and flow accounting, thereby deepening and promoting the establishment of the green national economic accounting system.
4. Fully leverage international experience in green national economic accounting, integrate resources in theoretical research, policy and institutional arrangements, both domestically and internationally, to preliminarily establish a comprehensive, scientific, applicable, and internationally aligned green national economic accounting system.