Promotion and development of cleaner production in China College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin300071) Abstract: This paper summed up the Course and the achievement of Chinese promoting Clean Production. It emphasized the creativity of mechanism of Chinas CP development in future, include to bring CP into its Social-Economical Development Program, to encourage local governments to promote CP, to encourage departments to support CP, et Key Words: Cleaner Production, pollution control, sustainable development, creativity of mechanism 1. The Course of China promoting Cleaner Production(CP) The course can be compartmentalized by 4 phase: (1) Preparation Period (1970s-1993) 2)demonstration period (1993-1999);(3) Promotion period (1999-2003);(4)legal standard ization period (2003-) Since late 1970s, some enterprises in China, such as Jilin Chemical Corp, have been carrying out a series of industrial innovations called"non-waste technics',"minimizat ion of wastes","pollution control over the whole production process". This stage prepared for promoting CP in China, during which many successful cases came forth and supplied lots of experience. In 1990s, Chinese government willingly responded to the strategy of sustainable development brought forward by United Nations Convention on Environment and Development and the CP strategy proposed by 21st Century Agenda. At the Second National Conference on Industrial Pollution Control, co-sponsored by the State Economic and Trade Commission(SETC) and the State Environmental Protection Agency(SEPA)in 1993 in Shanghai, the idea that preventing and controlling industrial pollution should transfer from end-of-pipe control to the whole production process control and the requirement of implementing CP were proposed. In this conference CP's strategic status in environment protection in china was officially affirmed and promoting CP became one of the dministration goals of the governments. The conference is a mark of second phase of CP demonstration period. Since then, CP had transferred from spontaneous phase to governmental, systematic, and demonstration period, and also acceded to the global action of CP 2. The achievement of China promoting Cleaner Production To more effectively promote CP in China, In May, 1997, the CP working group was set up by China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. The group focused on investigation, study and demonstration of CP promotion, environmental pollution reduction and implementation of sustainable development strategy in China. Under the instruction, organization and med iation of the group, China had made great achievements in promotion of CP, which included the following aspects 2.1 CP was included in National Policy System In March, 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji definitely ind icate "stimulation of CP"in his government report during the Second Session of the Ninth NPC. In May, 1999, SETC issued1 Promotion and Development of Cleaner Production in China （College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin300071） Abstract：This paper summed up the Course and the Achievement of Chinese promoting Cleaner Production. It emphasized the creativity of mechanism of China’s CP development in future, include to bring CP into its Social-Economical Development Program, to encourage local governments to promote CP, to encourage departments to support CP, etc. Key Words：Cleaner Production, pollution control, sustainable development, creativity of mechanism 1. The Course of China promoting Cleaner Production(CP) The course can be compartmentalized by 4 phase: (1) Preparation Period (1970s-1993) ; (2) demonstration period (1993-1999); (3) Promotion period (1999-2003); (4) legal standardization period (2003-) Since late 1970s, some enterprises in China, such as Jilin Chemical Corp., have been carrying out a series of industrial innovations called “non-waste technics”, “minimization of wastes”, “pollution control over the whole production process”. This stage prepared for promoting CP in China, during which many successful cases came forth and supplied lots of experience. In 1990s, Chinese government willingly responded to the strategy of sustainable development brought forward by United Nations Convention on Environment and Development and the CP strategy proposed by 21st Century Agenda. At the Second National Conference on Industrial Pollution Control, co-sponsored by the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) and the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in 1993 in Shanghai, the idea that preventing and controlling industrial pollution should transfer from end-of-pipe control to the whole production process control and the requirement of implementing CP were proposed. In this conference CP’s strategic status in environment protection in china was officially affirmed and promoting CP became one of the administration goals of the governments. The conference is a mark of second phase of CP-- demonstration period. Since then, CP had transferred from spontaneous phase to governmental, systematic, and demonstration period, and also acceded to the global action of CP. 2. The Achievement of China promoting Cleaner Production To more effectively promote CP in China, In May,1997, the CP working group was set up by China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. The group focused on investigation, study and demonstration of CP promotion, environmental pollution reduction and implementation of sustainable development strategy in China. Under the instruction, organization and mediation of the group, China had made great achievements in promotion of CP, which included the following aspects. 2.1 CP was included in National Policy System In March, 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji definitely indicate “stimulation of CP” in his government report during the Second Session of the Ninth NPC. In May, 1999,SETC issued