China's Green Gdp Accounting System, The Basic Framework And Its Analysis

Upon the policy of reform and opening and great development of economy, the speed of urbanization and industrialization has been increased largely. At the same time of wonderful economic achievements, the problems as the waste of resource, the pollution and damage of ecological environment have become worse and worse. To implement sustainable development needs an effective wind vane, while traditional GDP which is considered as the norm of The System of National Accounts (SNA) can not fulfill its supposed guidance duty due to its various limitations. In 1992, after the World Environment and Development Conference, lots of scholars, research institutions and governmental related department began to follow the developmental trend of Green GDP study in world and made meaningful exploration based on our own characteristics. Since 2004, State Statistics Bureau and State Environmental Protection Administration have gone to great lengths for the Green GDP study, especially in 2006 the outcome of《Green GDP Accounting Report of 2004》has truly been a great breakthrough which different provinces have made into practice on individual. However, we notice that there always exist endless suspension and criticism around Green GDP. That the delay of "Green GDP Research Project" which was set off 3 years ago and has merely declared one formal report put "Green GDP " in an intersection. For Green GDP, What course to follow or to take?This paper focuses on Chinese Green System of National Accounts, avoids the heated-discuss points, evaluates the subject thoroughly. In the first place, the paper makes a systematic and overall research summary in and out China from the aspect of both theory and practice, involving the theory research and typical experience of developed and developing countries, and the process of China in the Green GDP research. In the coming Chapter Two, it is served as a foundation of the following discussion. Tracing back to the limitations of traditional GDP, the paper expatiate the origin and development of Green GDP in China, presents the contents of the "Green GDP", demonstrates its significance and argues current popular misunderstandings, in the end, point out the development trend of Green GDP in China. The Chapter Three systematically states the basic framework of Chinese Green GDP Accounts System and analyzes in detail, introduce the method of Environmental and Resource Values, at the same time, offers the evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of the new related research. At last, analyses the facing challenges and barriers of the Green GDP accounting in China. Based on the analysis above, Chapter Four ,as a summary and a cognition, basic conclusions are listed ,and provides practical advices in the light of Chinese actual situation .at the and of this part ,point out the shortage of the paper and the aspect of the future effort.There are two notable points in this paper:China-focus. Since the main part of the paper, all of the analysis and observation are related to Chines unique conditions. The developmental experience of Green GDP out of China can only be used as references, we should build our own definition location, theory system and practice suggestions aimed at China.New-situation-focus. It has been almost 20 years already since the introduction of Green GDP. Despite of its rapid development, twists and turns still exist. Focus on the developmental process, especially the newly emerged situations, the paper try to present a more clean future of the Green GDP and make it better developed.