Focus on Arts and Ecology

China’s State Council has released a plan to make Hainan, China’s southernmost province, into a “green island”. Highlights include phasing out combustion vehicles, banning disposable non-degradable plastics and conserving coastal wetlands. The goal for air quality is to keep annual average PM2.5 pollution below 18 micrograms per cubic metre – far lower than the 35 microgram national target that many Chinese cities struggle to attain.

China has been building ecological civilization pilot regions since 2016 to inform its efforts to reconcile economic growth with environmental protection. Readchinadialogue’s past series on the concept of “ecological civilization”.