Fang, Hong2023-05-292023-05-291997-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2832685 pagesHow to protect the global environment and how to obtain a sustainable development are the major concerns of the international community today. China, with the biggest population and the highest economic growth rate in the last decade, has become the center of the concern. This thesis presents and analyzes some contemporary Chinese perceptions of the environment. It tries to provide a historical origin and a cultural context for these Chinese perceptions of the environment. Everybody in China today has become the daily decision maker for the environment. Since the Chinese perceptions of environment, in some degree, decides the Chinese environmental behaviors, an understanding of these perceptions is important for China's environmental law enforcement and the promotion of public participation in China's environmental protection.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USsocialist chinaenvironmental degradationpopulation growthThesis / Dissertation