A new volume of the China Environment Yearbook, which is published annually, is now presented to our readers. Since the book was first planned in 2005, Friends of Nature (FON) has always tried to position it as a book series consisting of reports that present, record, and assess the status of coordination between China's environment and development. We have managed to publish a volume each year despite all the difficulties. Volume 4 continues our original idea, as we selected major and hot issues relev…