2002年3月10日,江泽民总书记在中央人口资源环境座谈会上发表了重要讲话。这是中央主要领导在正式场合下首次对人口资源环境问题进行的一次全面阐述,为我国加快实施可持续发展提出了更明确的目标。当今世界经济的发展规模和速度均已达到了历史上的最高峰。同时各种资源的消耗及其产生的污染也出现了历史上最严重的局面,尤其是我国。地球上的 On March 10, 2002, General Secretary Jiang Zemin delivered an important speech at the symposium on the population, resources and the environment of the Central Government. This is the first time that the major leaders of the Central Government have formally elaborated on population and resources and environment issues for the first time and set forth a clearer goal for accelerating the implementation of sustainable development in our country. The scale and speed of economic development in the world today have all reached the highest level in history. At the same time, the consumption of various resources and the pollution they cause have also emerged the most serious situation in history, especially in our country. On earth