Construction and Future Development of the Environmental Impact Assessment Forum in CHINA

Abstract

Accompanied by the establishment of environmental impact assessment law and the development and improvement of construction industry information in nearly a decade, network Forum has become an important information resource platform and information exchange manner for EIA workers. The China Environmental Impact Assessment Forum, which is hosted by the Appraisal Center for Environmental and Engineering of Ministry of Environmental Protection, is a professional forum focused on environmental impact assessment. It has more than 17,000 professional members in China, and has become one of the most influential EIA professional forums. In addition to the general technical forum features, the China EIA Forum also has its own characteristics in its content and form. This paper will discuss the content setting, technical characteristics and information resources utilization of the EIA Forum, combine with the role of the EIA Forum in construction and development of the EIA industry information. Then, we propose the future development orientation of the EIA Forum, and the major development tasks and work contents.

As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Ni and Pb in Soil from Eastern Slope of Mt. Gongga, Eastern Tibet, China

“…In order to assess the degree of soil pollution with heavy metals, single-factor and multiple-factor indices approaches were used (Ding, 2001). The use of single-factor approach is related to the degree of soil pollution by a particular compound from which the single soil quality criterion will be obtained.…”

“…The single factor index method is the basis for multiple factor method. The single-factor index assessment is one of the most popular methods of soil quality assessment widely adopted in China (Ding, 2001;Xia, 1996). The calculation of the single factor index method can be expressed as:…”