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The Fundamental Modes and Achievements of China’s Circular Economy Development

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On September 28, 2004, the National Development and Reform Commission held the first National Working Conference on Circular Economy in Beijing with the approval from the State Council. Major officials from the development and reform commissions of all provinces, municipalities directly under the central government, autonomous regions and municipalities with independent planning status were present at the conference, the first official meeting of its kind. Ma Kai, then director of the National Development and Reform Commission (now serving as the Vice Premier of the State Council), attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Ma (2004).

  2. 2.

    The first National Pollution Source Survey Census Bulletin (Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Agriculture), announced on February 6, 2010.

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    Hu Jintao, speech delivered at the Symposium on Population, Resources and Environment held by the central government on March 10, 2003.

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    The State Council, Official Reply on Approving of Establishing the Inter-Ministerial Joint Meeting System for Circular Economy Development, January 27, 2006.

  5. 5.

    China defines a plan for national economic and social development every five years, referred to as a “Five-Year Plan”. As the guideline for the development in the coming five years, the outline of the plan will be issued to governments at all levels and the whole society. It is China’s 12th Five-Year-Plan period from 2011 to 2015.

  6. 6.

    General Office of the Ministry of Commerce, Circular on Organizing Pilot Projects for the Establishment of the Renewable Resource Recovery System, April 6, 2006.

  7. 7.

    General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, Circular on Developing the “Double Hundred Program” for the Comprehensive Utilization of Resources, March 27, 2012.

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Qi, J., Zhao, J., Li, W., Peng, X., Wu, B., Wang, H. (2016). The Fundamental Modes and Achievements of China’s Circular Economy Development. In: Development of Circular Economy in China. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2466-5_3

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