基本观点（Basic Viewpoints）

◆提高全民族环保意识。 Awaken the whole nation to the importance of environmental protection.

◆中国已规定并修改了有关水、空气及固体垃圾污染的有关法律，为取得持续发展打下了基础。

China has stipulated and revised the relevant laws on water air and solid waste pollution, laying the foundation for achieving sustainable development.

◆保护地球环境-人类共有的家园。 Protect the earth's environment -- the homeland of all mankind.

◆保护环境识每个公民的责任与义务。 Protecting the environment is every citizen's responsibility and moral duty.

◆对环境问题的关注已经成为一种不可逆转的历史潮流。

The attention to environment issue has become an irreversible historical trend.

◆切实搞好生态环境建设。 Practical measures need to be taken to improve the environment.

◆工厂废气、污水排放到2000年底必须符合排放标准。

All factories must meet discharge standards by the end of 2000.

◆到2010年，我国可能制止城乡环境的恶化。

By 2010, our country expects to curb environmental deterioration in the cities and villages.

◆为了避免破坏西部环境，有必要对西部地区的经济开发与建设进行严格监督。

To avoid ruining the environment in the west, strict supervision of economic development and construction in the western areas is necessary.