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As the Earth Summit made clear, the world community today is engaged in an unprecedented process of civilizational change, the result of which will determine whether our planet will remain a secure and hospitable home for its inhabitants in a manner compatible with their hopes, values and aspirations (Strong, 1994). After the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the Chinese Government immediately entrusted the State Planning Commission (SPC) and the State Science and Technology Commission (SSTC) with the task of drafting China’s Agenda 21 (CA21). Through the efforts of more than 300 experts from 52 line ministries and with the help of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the draft was finally completed. It was adopted by the State Council at its 16th Executive Meeting on 25 March 1994, and subtitled the White Paper on China’s Population, Environment and Development in the 21st Century (Gan, 1993).
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Zhou, H. (1999). China’s Agenda 21 and Natural Resource Accounting. In: Lanza, A. (eds) Resources Accounting in China. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Series on Economics, Energy and Environment, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4836-8_6
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