【Introduction】

   China Statistical Yearbook on Environment-2008 is prepared jointly by the National Bureau of Statistics, the State Environmental Protection Administration and other ministries. It is an annual statis-tics publication, with comprehensive data in 2006 and selected data series in last six years at nationallevel and at provincial level (province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the centralgovernment) and therefore reflecting various aspects of China's environmental development.
The national data in this book do not include that of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province except for territory and forest resources. Urban Construction statistical system had been amended by the Ministry of Construction of China in 2007. Scope, caliber and calculated method of some indicators are adjusted, so it can not be directly compared with data of the previous year.
The institutions participating in the compilation of this publication include: Ministry of Water Resource, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Land and Resource, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Civil Affairs, State Forestry Administration, State Oceanic Administration, China Meteorological Administration, China Seismological Administration.

【Main Contents】

1 General Survey
2 Fresh water Environment
3. Marine Envirronment
4. Atmospheric Environment
5 Solid Wastes
6. Eco-environment
7. Natural Disasters
8 Investment in the Treatment Of Environmental Pollution
9. Urban Environment
10 Rural Environment
Appendix
1 Main Environmental Indicators by Eastern, Central & Western China
2. Main Environmental Indicators of the world's Major Countries and Regions
3 Msin Environmental Indicators in the 10th Five-year Plan Period & 11th Five-year Plan Period
4 The Main Pollutants Emission Indicators Communique of the Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Municipality Directly under the Central Government in the First Half of 2007
5 Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators