Wu Shunze, Lu Yuantang, Wang Jinnan, Liu Yao, Zhang Zhizhong
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Abstract
The composition and the emphasis of environmental protection investment in the 10th Five-Year Plan period have been studied, and the result shows that the connotation of environmental investment, the incompatibility between investment direction and investment demand, and unreasonable investment composition were the most important influencing factors. If the investment in sewage treatment and solid waste disposal facilities is defined as investment in urban environmental infrastructure, environmental protection investment will decrease by about 50 percent. The deficiency of investment was concealed by the superficial increase of urban environmental infrastructure construction investment and the inappropriate extension of the connotation of environmental investment. The distortion of environmental protection investment is very serious. It is suggested that the concept of environmental protection investment should be redefined, the statistical methods of environmental protection investment be modified, and at the same time, the environmental protection investment be strengthened and the efficiency be promoted in order to enhance the efficiency of pollution abatement.