Ecological Economy (2006)2:102-114 Circular economy in China and recommendations

It is an overall, urgent and long-term strategic task for China to vigorously develop the circular economy and build a resource-saving and environ-mental-friendly society. China is now at the acceler-ating stage of industrialization and urbanization. Lower per-capita resource amount and tendency of environmental deterioration has not been fundamen-tally averted. Therefore a circular economy devel-opment is an inevitable choice to realize the goal of building a well-off society, ensure sustainable de-velopment of national economy, and coordinate the relationship between mankind and nature. 1. Connotation of circular economy and relevant concepts The articles about the circular economy publishe