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安全——生命永恒的旗帜,今年的“安全生产月”的主题为“关爱生命,安全发展”.长期以来,国家三令五申地强调安全工作的重要性,并出台了一系列政策、法律法规,还把每年的六月定为“全国安全生产月”,今年又定为“安全年”.在“安全生产月”中,开展一系列的安全生产活动并大张旗鼓地进行宣传,目的就是推动各项安全防范措施的落实,以活动促工作,以月促年.

对我们化工企业来说,安全生产是企业的生命线,抓安全生产是企业永恒的主题,丝毫不能忽视.可以说,安全是生产的保证,安全是巩固企业的基石,是发展企业的根本,是企业效益的保障,安全是一切工作的重中之重.唯有安全生产这个环节不出差错,企业才能去争取更好的成绩,我们每一个人员自踏入企业大门的那一刻起,就开始接受安全教育,“安全第一,预防为主”,我们牢记在心.当我们看到绵长的高压线、轰鸣的机器设备、纵横的交叉线及管道……脑海中就要时刻长鸣“安全”的警钟,常敲“安全”的警钟,做到“安全”一词入眼、入耳、入脑、入心.安全是开展一切工作的前提,确保安全生产是一项长期不懈艰苦的工作,安全工作我们任重而道远,因此,我们要从思想深处来增强安全意识,深刻理解安全的重要性,全员、全过程、全方位的抓好安全生产工作.

安全工作,贵在坚持,难在坚持,成在坚持,不怕千日紧,就怕一时松.保证一时一刻的安全并不难,难的是安全生产的长治久安.安全工作不是搞搞活动,抓一阵,松一阵,而是长期不懈的抓.

“安全”是一个年年讲,月月讲,天天讲,常讲常新,永不过时的话题,因为只有在保证安全的前提下,我们才可以尽情挥洒生命的精彩；因为有了安全,我们的企业才能蒸蒸日上；有了安全,我们才能高高兴兴上班来,平平安安回家去,让每个幸福的家庭更加幸福,让我们的企业更加红火.

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关爱生命 安全发展

诗人问：“是生存,还是死亡” 哲人说：“艰难和困惑是生命的本身” 我即思而言：是安全!是安全捍卫着我们的生命,是安全在维护我们生存的权利,是安全在为我们注入无限力量. 是啊!有什么能比安全和生命更为重要?看着电视画面中一幕幕的惨祸惨景,我神伤了；看着那事故中的弱小孩童,我哽咽了；看着那事故现场伸出的粘满灰尘需要援助的手,我流泪了! 是的,是那些无视安全的无良的人,是那些可悲可叹的安全事故,无一不突现出无良肇事者对生命的蔑视,无一不暴露出无知违章人对制度的淡漠,黑暗给了我黑色的眼睛,我们要用她来寻找光明,从事故中知道安全可贵,从事故中总结安全教训,是事故留给我们的唯一利益. 母亲给予我们生命,所以母爱的伟大由古至今众君皆吟,而安全,捍卫着母亲赐予我们的生命,就像一把巨大的保护伞,无声无息地为我们遮挡住狂风暴雨,的确,安全与生命息息相关,连在一起,不可分离,我深深的知道：安全,是我们永恒的主题.“高高兴兴上班,平平安安回家”是每位职工共同的希冀,安全与个人与家庭,与企业有着千丝万缕的联系. “智者是用经验防止事故,愚者是用事故总结经验”,这是我们耳熟能详的安全格言,因为事后补救不如事前防范,为此我们应该从他人的教训中吸取经验,用于我们的日常生活工作中,有了防范,不幸的事故才会远离,因此,在日常工作中,时时学习,刻刻注意.

与人玫瑰,手有余香,平日里我们付出的种种艰辛,用我们的耐心,细心和诚心换取生活中的安全运行.我们自豪,我们一如既往,关注安全,关爱生命.

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关爱生命 安全为天

当你拥有它时,好像不觉得它有什么了不起；当你失去它时,才会真正觉得拥有它是多么地幸福.它便是我们万分关注的一个永恒的话题——安全.安全不需要太多的理由,生命已足以使之永恒.我们不能因为产量而轻视安全,不能因为效益而忽视安全,更不能因为工作面、工作条件稍好一些就藐视安全.

安全意识的淡化,薄弱是导致事故发生的首要原因,每一次事故的发生,我们都后悔莫及,那么在事故发生之前,我们的隐患排除了吗?我们的防范措施到位了吗?千里之堤溃于蚁穴,早防早治才能确保安全.而抓安全,就必须时刻如履薄冰,如临深渊.安全工作来不得半点马虎,只有提高警惕,居安思危,防患于未然,努力做到紧绷安全弦,才能确保企业的长治久安.

我们要尊重生命,就要敬畏规章,遵守规章是责任,是道义,是权力,更是义务.只有遵守规章才能保安全,这是安全生产的经验昭示.安全源于长期警惕,事故出于瞬间麻痹,思想上的松懈麻痹必然会导致安全隐患的存在和违章现象的发生,哪怕一次偶然现象的发生,哪怕一次偶然违章,就有可能一失足成千古恨.没有了安全就丧失了和和美美的家庭,更没有企业的可持续发展,依法遵章,所有的事故都可以避免,松懈麻痹,所有的事故都可能发生,遵章二字,正是水之源,树之根,安全之本.

一花一世界,一叶一菩提,每一个人的生命都是天地之魂,万物之灵,生命因此而珍贵,我们要热爱生命,热爱生活,珍惜眼前的每一天；让我们永远牢记安全责任,警钟长鸣,才会让安全之花扎根于我们的生活之中.

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关爱生命,让安全成为我们的习惯

有这样一种哲学理念：安全是1,其他是0,只有1作保证,0才有意义.安全永远第一.没有安全,于个人,生命无法保障；于家庭,幸福毁于一旦；于企业,生产难以为继；于社会,影响安宁繁荣.生命高于一切.耕耘希望,创造幸福,生命既意味着一切,又高于一切. “安全即人、安全为人、安全靠人”是我们的安全管理的理念.人的不安全行为、物的不安全状态、环境的不安全的因素,是酿成事故的主要原因.而环境的创造者、安全制度的制定者和执行者、设备设施的操作者都是人,人是实现自己和企业真正安全的主要因素.以人为本抓安全,就是要寻找一条最为有效的途径来强化人的安全意识,提升人的安全素质,规范人的安全行为.众人皆知的“木桶理论”启示我们：决定一只木桶能装多少水,不在于最高的木板有多长,而在于最矮的木板有多长.安全工作的好坏,事故的发生,不是取决于大多数人,而是取决于数量极少的危险人物、事故苗子.每个员工都是安全这个木桶中的一根木板千万不能成为最短、最差的.

在岗一分钟、尽责六十秒.责任连着你我他,安全关系千万家.从责任升华到责任心,体现的是对企业认真负责的忠诚度,对工作精益求精的事业心,对安全深严细实的责任感.安全工作需要人人讲安全、事事为安全、处处要安全.在工作中运用“三镜”理念,在排查隐患时要用“显微镜”,事故背后有征兆,征兆背后有苗头,小隐患可能导致大事故,在抓好重大隐患排查治理的同时决不放过任何一个小事故苗头；在事故处理、追究责任时要用“放大镜”,对所有影响生产的事故都要进行层层追究、放大处理,以严格的处罚制度,有效控制各类事故发生；在制定安全规章、规则时要用“望远镜”,把着眼点和立足点放在事故的超前防范意识上来,主动开展工作,做到超前部署、超前防范,促进安全形势的持久稳定.

安全第一,不是挂在墙上的标语、口号,而是维系我们生命健康和家庭幸福的保护伞.安全维系着我们每个人的生命与健康,维系着每个家庭的幸福与美满.最美好的祝愿是平安,最真诚的期盼是安全.安全是一把伞,我们幸福生活的保护伞,不管阴晴圆缺,时刻带上这把伞,让它成为我们生活的习惯

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关爱生命 遵章守纪

安全是一个永恒的话题,俗语云：“天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福”.可以说,人类自有经济活动以来就与伤亡事故结下了不解之缘,修桥铺路、开山采矿、加工制造,甚至餐饮服务,人员伤亡风险不时发生,给员工和其家庭带来灾难.“一次伤害,一片血泪”,严重影响了企业的生产经营,使企业遭受重大经济损失,对社会也带来不安定的因素,影响社会的和谐发展,在我国虽然相继出台了各方面的安全法规,坚持“安全第一、预防为主”的安全生产方针和长期以来实行工伤保险制度,但是安全事故仍不时发生,究其原因,从客观上讲,事故发生是工业化进程中不可避免的,只能加强,尽量将事故减少到最低程度；从主观上讲,企业在安全上的遵章守法、安全投入和管理以及劳动者的遵章守纪情况是事故是否发生的重要原因. 严重违反规章制度,严重违反操作规程,表现是多方面的,如安全守则规定上杆必须带安全带,可有人偏要图省事,结果造成事故；外线人员人员上杆前不检查脚钩,脚钩不固定就上杆,结果造成事故的；擅自接修电源引起着火烧伤的；酒后上班的,凡此种种,都造成了严重的后果,有的死亡,有的伤残.对在日常工作中违规违章可能出现的严重性应引起足够的重视,关爱生命,从点滴做起,从我做起.须知,企业的安全生产制度、安全操作规程,是企业在多年的社会生产实践中的经验总结,是多少工人用血与泪甚至以生命为代价换来的的座右铭,切不可视为儿戏.公司重视安全工作,公司领导不断强调安全工作,我们每个员工都有义务也有责任做好安全工作,为了自己,为了家人,为了社会.

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六月,让我们共同走进安全月

刚刚送走激情、温馨的五月,六月的祝福已亭亭玉立在我们面前.13亿双期盼的眼光一起向“安全月”汇聚,在这个阳光铺满的季节里,铿锵走来了“安全月”的脚步.

安全是什么?安全就是生命!安全意味着什么?对于一个人,安全意味着健康；对于一个家庭,安全意味着和睦；对于一个企业,安全意味着发展；对于一个国家,安全意味着强大.没有安全,就没有一切.

安全是什么?安全就是一首歌,需要我们天天来弹唱；安全就是一首诗,需要我们日日来吟诵；安全就是一盘棋,需要我们走一步看两步；安全就是标准化,要求建设者严格规范的操作；安全就是有序的节奏,推进科学化管理上水平；安全就是沸腾的生活,预示我们生机勃勃的明天；安全就是一根七彩的丝带,连接一个又一个美好的愿望.

安全是什么?安全就是责任!“安全责任,重于泰山.”谁都希望健康长寿,谁都希望生活幸福,如果没有安全作为保障,这一切都会化为泡影.忽视安全,你对不起家人,更对不起自己,因此必须牢牢记住,安全是我们义不容辞的责任!岗前培训、安全教育、技能竞赛、栈桥演练、岗位比武,这一切的一切,都是为安全的赞歌谱写的乐章.

宣传安全、守候安全、把握安全,为了我们家人的幸福,“珍惜生命,远离违章”,高高兴兴上班来,平平安安回家去.“关爱生命,安全发展.”,让企业构筑美丽、祥和、五彩缤纷的幸福,让我们一起奏响六月的旋律,让我们一起为“安全月”歌颂.

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人人讲安全 安全为人人

安全是什么?对于一个人,安全意味着健康.对于一个家庭,安全意味着和睦.对于一个企业,安全意味着发展.红灯停,绿灯行,这是每一个人都知道的交通规则,可是,并不是每一个人都真正做到了.安全谁都知道,谁都不想受伤,但在工作中有许多员工都不注意,为了一时的省劲,作出了违规的程序.无声中就种下了危险的火种.

我们在工作中一定要把安全放在第一位,在工作中时时刻刻用脑子想一想岗位手册,然后再动手,不要再盲目地瞎干.我们在工作中要互相监督,互相提醒,互相帮助；我们不愿失去自己宝贵的生命,也不愿失去他人的生命,安全中的三不伤害要记牢：不伤害自己,不伤害别人,不被别人伤害.

安全是一种爱,安全的爱是领导对员工永远的牵挂；安全是一种美,安全的美体现于维系安全的行为过程之中；安全是一种情,安全的情是一种美好的感觉状态；安全是一种理,安全的理是一个社会、一个国家、一个民族用安全文化对生活方式的理性表达；安全是一种法,安全的法是文明的体现,责任的体现.安全,就象空气,与我们的生活、工作息息相关；安全,犹如阳光,我们无法承受失去它的痛苦.安全,它联系着我们每一个人.

“海不择细流,故能成其大；山不拒细壤,方能就其高.”对待安全工作,不论是决策者还是执行者,尤其应该持有“举轻若重”的态度.“举轻若重”,就是把安全工作的小事当作大事来抓,高度重视安全工作的细节,只有自己学会了如何安全,才是真正的安全.

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生命长度的基石是安全

有人说,生命像烟花,绽放美妙,划过天际,兀自消逝；有人说,生命像蜡烛,点燃烛光,照亮心灵,蜡尽自灭；有人说,生命像流星,一瞬永恒,美好心愿,来匆匆去匆匆；有人说,生命是值得我们百般珍惜的无价之宝,生命是承载我们崇高精神的美丽躯壳,生命是我们这个世界丰富多彩、充满生机的不竭源泉；也有人说,生命是春天河边轻轻摆动的杨柳,生命是夏天火红石榴的绽放,生命是秋天飘飞的枫叶,生命是冬天塞北的瑞雪.

人的生命只有一次,而这宝贵的一次,一但失去了就再也不会回来了,安全是最重要的,没有什么能比安全可贵了, 生命只有在安全中才能永葆鲜活,如果鲜活的生命不慎或不幸在日常工作中与安全失之交臂,造成了生命的丢失或残缺,那么会给一个家庭带来多大的痛苦,给社会带来多大的负担.

当仅仅为了贪图舒适、在现场作业却不戴安全帽时,你可曾想到,安全已离你而去?当你谈笑风生、三五成群地行走在铁道上时,你可曾想到,危险正擦肩而过?当你心存侥幸、违章作业时,你可曾想到,死神已悄悄来临?当你漫不经心、麻痹大意时,你是否明白,生命将就此停止,灾难已经降临?此时,再多的泪水,再痛的哭号,再深的悔恨,都已无法挽回生命匆匆而去的脚步!灾难的发生只是短短的一瞬,可无法磨灭的伤痛却将伴随亲人朋友的一生!

如果,如果,如果……任何一个如果,都可以阻止这不幸的发生,都可以让我们一如平常地上班下班、平凡但却平静地生活着.可是,如果忽视任何一个如果,都会酿成血淋淋的事故!生命是如此宝贵,却又这般脆弱,葬送生命的是什么?是麻痹大意,是违章操作,是无视安全.

安全捍卫着我们的生命,是安全在维护我们生存的权利,是安全在为我们注入无限力量.遵章守纪,就是尊重生命,尊重自我；重视安全,是每一个人的义务,更是我们每个人的责任.让我们携起手来呵护着文明之花,让我们远离伤痛,珍爱彼此生命.

侥幸是危险的前奏,追悔是安全的惩罚!不要说工作中有人管你是和你过不去,它是满含善意的提醒和呵护；不要说准确的操作规程让你感到劳累而繁琐,它能使你远离事故的陷阱；不要说简单的警语是累赘的替身,它会时刻提醒你守望安全；不要说预防是无用的枷锁和沉重的负担,它是对付危险最有效的武器；不要说有了安全设施就万无一失,它仰赖的是我们对隐患的关注和警惕.习以为常的随意操作扼杀了无数宝贵的生命,而对安全的无知与漠然又在酿造着一幕幕人生的悲剧!安全,今天你重视了没有?!

去生产现场,请戴好安全帽,那不过是举手之劳；去高空作业,请系好安全带,那也不过是举手之劳；生产指挥时,一定要再三确认；现场作业时,做到“三不伤害”；检修时,要挂停电牌,严格执行停送电制度；试车时,要认真检查设备状况,做好预警防范措施；上岗前,对危险因素及对策心中有数；交接班,对事故隐患和问题绝不放过；开车时,一定要系好安全带……血与泪的教训已敲响了安全的警钟!不要再用生命的躯体去抗击无情的危险,不要让心爱的岗位成为惨痛的记忆!安全,今天你遵守了没有?!

如果说,生命是一叶在岁月长河中行驶的小舟,是一片在茫茫大海中远航的孤帆,那么,安全就是把握生命的轮盘,就是指引生命的灯塔.生命,不应如鸿毛般飘忽,生命,不应如闪电般短暂.让我们时时重视安全,处处遵章守纪,如履薄冰,防微杜渐,去堵塞百分之一的疏漏,千分之一的侥幸,万分之一的偶然,共同筑起心中永不崩溃的大堤,让安全生产的警钟时刻长鸣!

一切源于生命,生命如此宝贵,我们应该好好珍惜,牢记安全,珍爱生命——让安全与我们同行!与生命同行!

其他类似问题

问题1：安全月 安全小文章6月份是全国安全月 我是做专用车的（总装,焊接,涂装什么的）,要写一篇1000字左右、 主题“关爱生命‘安全发展”,突出以人为本的安全理念题目随便 呵呵谢谢高手

安全对于我们并不陌生,车间处处可见的安全知识看板时刻提醒着我们……

安全对于我们十分重要,是安全捍卫着我们的生命,是安全在维护我们生存的权利,是安全在为我们注入无限的力量……

是的,还有什么比安全和生命更为重要呢?在过去的2008年及2009年上半年,我们是值得庆幸的,我们公司没有出一起大的安全事故,这是我们所有人都仰首期盼的结果.但小的安全事故还是屡有发生.车间下料工操作剪板机时,操作不当,使手指受伤、员工搬运东西时,不够小心,物件掉落,砸伤脚趾……这些不起眼的安全问题仍然埋伏在我们身边.

一丝不苟保安全,半分疏忽生祸端!在这个全国都在倡导安全之道,提出“关爱生命,安全发展”和“以人为本”的时候,我们要感谢公司自始至终在安全方面给我们做的工作,它就像一把大伞,给我们遮风挡雨,给我们祛除伤痛,从处处可见的安全看板到公司为员工体检,可以看出公司对“关爱生命,安全发展”的重视,处处以员工的生命安全、身心健康为出发点,处处体现着“以人为本”.古训“无规矩不以成方圆”说的很好,想要一个东西变得美好或是向着美好的方向发展都需要一个“规矩”来约束它.“关爱生命,安全发展”不仅仅是在口头上提提,更不是大家做文章的话题,而是一个企业发展过程中要时刻遵循的法则.因此,公司在方针方策中提出安全体系建设,车间班组有专职安全员等等,所有的努力都是为了“高高兴兴上班,平平安安回家”.

我把“安全第一,预防为主”这句话理解为事后补救不如事前防范 ,所以当公司定期或不定期的安全检查时,我们要合作；当公司给我们“晓之以理,动之以情”开安全会议、学习安全文件、谈安全问题、做安全汇报时,我们要耐住性子,认真学习.然后回到各个的工作岗位上用我们的耐心、细心和诚心,换取自身的健康安全和生产的安全运行.

“千里之行,始于足下”今天我们就要开始注意我们身边的安全问题,力所能及的消除一切安全隐患,为了我们自己也为了公司快速健康的发展,行动起来吧!

自己写的

问题2：有关单位安全月的文章五百字左右即可,最好别只给我个地址,只要五百字不需要很专业的.最好是原创而不是下载的.我只是交付单位敷衍了事用的.对了,是机关接待部门,类似宾馆.

我们深入贯彻执行上级领导关于安全生产指示的重要精神,组织了一次安全大检查,对消防,食堂,水电等易出现安全隐患的环节进行了拉网式排查,未发现存在安全隐患的情况,并制定了以下措施,以确保各项工作安全有序地开展：

一对职工进行安全生产教育,对各个易存在安全隐患的环节进行一次彻底清查,发现问题立即整改．

二领导手机24小时开机,宾馆值班电话有专人值守,一旦发生紧急,重大突发时间,必须在最短时间内上报领导．

三．对安全生产检查要加大落实力度,落实责任制,明确分工,责任到人,对因工作失误造成的各类事故,要严查到底,决不姑息．

好了,你自己在改改吧,我累了,写不下去了,如果还想要的话,明天给你写

问题3：谁能给我一篇文章~关于“爱科学”的!今天之内啊!演讲稿来的![语文科目]

我爱科学

在二十一世纪里,科学将会成为人类的生命.你不懂科学,就无法在这个社会里生存.如果你有了科学的种子,精心培育,随着时间的推移,这颗种子就会不断生根、发芽、结出累累硕果……而“诺贝尔科学奖”,就是用这样一种奖励,来激发人们热爱科学,并用科学创造我们美好的生活.有20多个国家,466名科学家获得过诺贝尔奖,当他们走向“诺贝尔奖”的领奖台时,他们代表自己拥有了科学创造的巨大财富.

因此,我们要学科学、爱科学,把科学展示出来.但怎样才能做到呢?科学家告诉我们,好奇心是人的天性中最重要的方面之一,也是激发探索科学奥妙的主要动机；而最能满足这种强烈欲望的方法是要勇于问为什么,勇于尝试、创新,勇于推翻前人的话、结论,而最终得到的就是自己的成果.例如,伽利略,哥白尼等人,他们不顾来自各方面的压力和反对,勇敢地指出前人错误的论点.通过亲身实践,做实验,证明了自己的观点是正确的,换来的是自己的成功.

我听说有一所中学的高一年级的三位学生,他们也具有着强烈的好奇心.他们对“竽”这样一种民族乐器充满了好奇,他们分析了这个乐器的特点后,决心也要做一个类似于“竽”的乐器.他们每天都去捡或去买很多支吸管,他们又仔细研究了这些吸管,利用了无数休息时间,经历过无数次失败.俗话说得好：“失败乃成功之母”这句话一点也没有错,他们终于成功了,1000支吸管插在一起,构成了一个庞大的吸管乐器,吹起来一样美妙、婉转,简直比“竽”吹出来的声音还要好听.他们虽然不是什么伟大的科学家,却能想到这样的东西,并克服重重困难去做,真不简单.想想自己,我也尝试过成功的滋味儿,以前我看见别人玩航模,好奇心驱使我产生我也要做一个的愿望,于是,我不断搜集材料,接着自己动手做起来.在做的过程中虽然被发动机伤了手,流了血,留下疤痕但最终还是成功地做出一个精美的航模.当时我喜悦的神情早把做的过程中的痛和苦忘得一干二净.这就是我们青少年的好奇心了,青少年能想到的东西,大人不一定能想到,因为青少年的幻想是天真的,是奇异的.其实,诺贝尔获得者的先天条件不如我们,他们能做到的东西,我们又为何做不到呢?青少年朋友们,抓紧我们宝贵的少年时期吧!动脑筋动手去做吧!

科学的力量是无穷无尽的,它会给你带来意想不到的财富.,所以,我们因当热爱科学,但你如果不去挖掘科学中的奥秘,不去实践,你将永远不会得到科学的幸福.有些人只知道其一而不知道其二,了解了表面,而没有深入的去探索,这样怎能获得成功呢?

科学就像是一个比宇宙大好多万倍的海洋,我们就像是一些鱼,虽然今天自由自在地游着,可是明天,水里就没有了氧气,必须换一个地方,这样换来换去,这个海洋会被我们污染了,到了这时候,就要寻找另一片海洋了.这也就是我们所寻找的新科学,只有不断更新,才会有更美好的生活.

诺贝尔科学奖到底离我们还有多远呢?不用问了,只要你从小播种下科学的种子,努力学习,它就在我们的身边

问题4：六月安全月怎样写演讲稿我在一家民爆行业上班,领导让我写一篇演讲稿,我是车间的,主要是生产炸药,该怎么写呢!

把安全生产月的主题结合到爆行业发生事故特点,生产炸药的危险性,身边的事故案例,围绕这些就足够了

问题5：求一篇关于科学精神的演讲文章求一篇关于科学精神的文章（最好偏重自然科学）,适合3-5分钟的演讲,难易程度不限,[英语科目]

"Environmental Protection in China: Challenges and Solutions"

Speech By

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.

Vice President, Operations 2

Asian Development Bank

At the China Development Forum 2007

18 March 2007

Beijing, China

I. Introduction

Mr. Chairman, Minister Zhou, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

It is an honor to join these deliberations on new models of economic growth. I would like to thank the organizers for inviting me to share some thoughts on the environmental protection challenges facing the People's Republic of China (PRC) - and on the solutions to these challenges.

Environmental protection is an area of priority concern to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and an area in which we have cooperated closely with the PRC since it became a member of ADB in 1986. ADB's cooperation with PRC covers several key areas, including urban pollution control, water resources and land management, and energy efficiency and emissions reduction. We look forward to building on and expanding this cooperation, to address the challenges that I will discuss with you today.

I am particularly grateful to Minister Zhou for highlighting in his speech both the environmental challenges and the approaches currently being implemented by PRC under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (FYP) 2006-2010.

II. The Environmental challenges

Over the past 25 years, the PRC has transformed itself from a closed agrarian economy to a global industrial and economic powerhouse. The rapid economic growth resulting from this transformation has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. However, this success has been achieved at an enormous cost to the environment. Rapid industrialization and urbanization have been accompanied by accelerated exploitation of natural resources and massive increases in discharge of pollutants.

The overall performance of PRC in environmental protection and natural resource management during the 10th Five Year Plan (FYP) 2001-2005 included some significant achievements. However, despite the Government's best efforts, environmental degradation in PRC has not been reduced. Indeed, it is getting worse. Environmental protection was the only area of the 10th FYP that failed to achieve its targets, including targets for sulfur dioxide emissions, urban wastewater and river and lake pollution controls.

Environmental issues pose a significant risk to the sustained development of the economy. In fact, recent estimates put the cost of environmental damage in recent years at about 4%-8%. This means that recent gains in economic growth are relatively modest once environmental damage, which the next generation in China must pay to remediate, is included in the equation. If current consumption and pollution levels continue, together with a 4% population growth during the period 2006-2010 and a 7.5% GDP growth per annum, the PRC will unlikely achieve its target of creating a "harmonious, resource-efficient and environment-friendly" society.

Ladies and gentlemen, the main environmental challenges confronting PRC can be grouped in four interrelated areas:

1. pollution of water, air and land;

2. water shortages and land degradation;

3. increasing environmental accidents; and

4. energy inefficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.

Pollution of water, air and land

Let me start with water pollution. The water in the most of the length of China's five major rivers is unsafe for direct human contact, about half of China's lakes are polluted and nearly two-thirds of China's large cities are experiencing serious wastewater pollution. PRC's cities now produce some 36 billion cubic meters of wastewater annually. Growing at a rate of 8% per year, the volume of urban wastewater has exceeded that from industrial sources since 1999. 278 cities have no wastewater treatment facilities at all. Social surveys show that the urban population is becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of wastewater pollution.

Air quality is another major area of concern. Significant improvement in urban air quality was made during the 10th FYP period, but due to rapid urbanization close to 70% of the total urban population lives in areas with hazardous air quality. Of the 530 monitored cities, 218 suffer from acid rain precipitation. In many large cities, motor vehicles have overtaken industrial and residential sources as the main source of air pollution.

Solid waste is the third major source of urban pollution. The PRC recently surpassed the United States as the world's largest generator of municipal solid waste. Inadequate solid waste management is polluting water and land. The rate of safe disposal of municipal solid wastes is only about 20%, and 130 cities have no provision at all for safe waste disposal.

Rural pollution is another significant concern. Agricultural residues and animal wastes are disposed by burning or dumping, causing serious air and water pollution. Wastes from animal production have become a leading source of organic pollution in wastewater. With 1.3 million tons of pesticides applied each year, water bodies, soil and agricultural products are contaminated, threatening public health. About 360 million of the country's 800 million farmers do not have access to safe drinking water.

Water shortages are also a growing concern. Water availability is declining, in particular in northern PRC, where 40% of the country's total population have access to only 20% of the country's water resources. Of a total of over 30 provinces and regions, 10 are water-short, and eight of these are in the north. Nationwide, about 60% of PRC's 669 cities are experiencing water shortages, and 114 cities are facing severe shortages.

Land degradation in the PRC takes many forms, including soil erosion, desertification, deforestation, and salinization. The rate of desertification has more than doubled since the 1950s and affects the lives of nearly 400 million people. Soil erosion covers more than one third of the country's land area.

Energy inefficiency and greenhouse gas emissions

The expansion of PRC's cities, industries and transport sector has been accompanied by a rapid increase in energy consumption, much of it inefficient, and a major increase in greenhouse gas emissions. In the transport sector, inefficient energy use accounts for one third of the country's oil consumption. The energy efficiency of vehicles in PRC is currently 30% below world standards. Given the currently low level of vehicle ownership, both fuel consumption and the resulting emissions are expected to continue to increase rapidly. In the industrial sector, pollution controlling production technologies, and the related regulations and enforcement have not kept up with the massive expansion in production capacity.

PRC's energy consumption accounts for approximately 53% of emerging East Asia's (i.e., excluding Japan) total energy consumption, and PRC is now the second largest emitter of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions after the United States. In 2005, China consumed 1.2 tons of coal for every CNY10,000 of GDP - about three times that of the US and 10 times that of Japan.1 Increased greenhouse gas emissions, and the resulting process of global climate change, exacerbate other environmental problems. Clearly, it will be necessary to find solutions to this major problem, which affects not only China but Asia and the entire world.

Finally, environmental accidents are increasing at an alarming rate in both frequency and intensity. In 2004, SEPA received reports of 67 environmental accidents, with an estimated direct economic loss of CNY550 million. In 2005, the figure increased to 76, with 4 major accidents, including the widely-publicized Songhua River chemical spill. In 2006, on average, PRC suffered a water pollution accident every other day. PRC has entered an era in which environmental emergencies, and the social tensions they give rise to, have become an uncomfortably commonplace occurrence.

III. Suggested solutions

Over the past 20 years, the PRC has made very significant progress in addressing many of the challenges I have just outlined. Rapid urbanization has been accompanied by major improvements in urban infrastructure including housing, access to piped water, sanitation, paved roads, and green areas. The PRC has taken significant steps to address water shortages and land degradation, as well as initiatives to enhance energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Looking forward, the PRC has laid out in the 11th Five Year Program ambitious concrete targets to improve the environment and promote energy efficiency. To achieve its vision of harmonious balanced growth, the government must:

1. Strengthen the regulatory system. The PRC must design policies and regulations in many different sectors that provide an appropriate framework for environmentally friendly approaches. The PRC must also better coordinate the work of many different government entities and enhance its ability to monitor and enforce environmental standards. Elevating SEPA to full ministerial status would help accomplish those objectives. Finally, China must continue to build human resource capacity, particular at the local level.

2. Increase financing. We are concerned that investment the Five Year Program proposes for environmental investment will be inadequate to cover the cost of new measures and the uncompleted activities from the last Program. We believe the PRC should increase environmental protection investment to 2% of the GDP and use these investment funds more creatively.

3. Introduce technology. Wind power, biomass-based power, and small hydropower are a few examples of the renewable resources that the PRC is working to promote. Technology change will also enhance energy efficiency, which requires conversions in power plants and reducing transmission losses. Moreover, the PRC also needs the newest and cleanest coal technologies, such as supercritical and ultra-supercritical boilers, and integrated coal gasification power plants with carbon capture and sequestration.

In undertaking this vast challenge, we believe the PRC should rely less on punitive administrative measures and more on market-based incentives to reduce pollution and promote energy efficiency. Such market-based measures would include higher pollution charges, tax breaks for energy efficiency investments, and targeted subsidies for renewables and new technologies.

Importantly, China must change the existing incentive structure for local officials based on economic growth at any cost, which combined with a large state-owned banking sector, have led to excessive investment in polluting manufacturing industry and unsustainable use of resources. China may wish to consider a promotion system for officials that incorporates the concept of net provincial product, which takes into account the costs of environmental pollution and the consumption of non-renewable resources.

Consistent with this market-based approach would be greater use of private sector investment to address environmental degradation and energy efficiency. Public sector investment will remain important, but will be rightly limited by prudent fiscal policy. Therefore, most of the increase in financing for environmental protection in China will come from the private sector.

The PRC can promote private sector involvement in many ways. First, it can use limited public resources to leverage larger private sector resources through judicious use of subsidies and loan guarantees. Second it can create an environment for public-private partnerships. For example, the PRC has, with ADB's help, undertaken comprehensive tariff reform for water and wastewater treatment that creates opportunity for private sector investment. In fact, the ADB is advising the government of Nanjing on issuance of corporate utility-revenue bonds to fund needed water treatment facilities and stand ready to support the investment with our guarantees.

In another example, Shanghai has reduced its cost of solid waste management by contracting with firms to burn waste to generate and sell electricity to the grid. Shanghai can further cut that cost by tendering out such opportunities. The private sector also has an important role to play in lending to and supplying equipment for commercial and residential electricity users to boost energy efficiency - the ADB is exploring such opportunities in Guangdong province. Finally the PRC and ADB are playing pioneer roles in exploring greater use of the carbon market, and an ADB-financed project is piloting carbon credits for improvements in solid waste management in Shandong province.

Finally, it will be important for the PRC to expand further the network of stakeholders working on environment and energy. As I have said the private sector can play an important role in mobilizing financing for pollution control, particularly in the energy and urban sectors, and is an important stakeholder and partner in the effective enforcement of regulations. Educational institutions, civil society organizations, community organizations, and households have a vital role to play in enhancing awareness of environmental issues, developing and endorsing appropriate and user-friendly solutions, and ensuring the widest possible stakeholder ownership. Lastly expanded cooperation with neighboring countries in key areas, including power generation and transmission, can have an important and positive environmental impact.

IV. Concluding Remarks

Ladies and gentlemen, during my talk today I have given you a brief sketch of the environmental challenges facing the PRC. and have offered some thoughts on how these can be solved. While the PRC has made significant progress in addressing the environmental challenge much work remains to be done.

One thing is clear. Environmental issues in PRC will need to be addressed with an increasing sense of urgency, in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, and other countries in the region, and with emphasis on achieving results. This is essential to ensure the continued sustainability of PRC's economic growth; to promote balanced and harmonious development; and to address an issue that is of growing concern not only to PRC, but to Asia and the entire world.