以往,人们评价周恩来晚年对中国革命和建设的历史贡献时,往往对于他在环境保护方面提及较少。其实,只要我们重温周恩来从1970到1974这5年间对环境保护工作所作的历次讲话,就不难发现周恩来是中国高度重视环境保护工作的第一人。他的许多关于环境保护的重 In the past, when people appraised Zhou Enlai’s historical contribution to the Chinese revolution and construction in his later years, he often mentioned less about environmental protection. In fact, as long as we review Zhou Enlai’s previous speeches on environmental protection during the five years from 1970 to 1974, we can easily find out that Zhou Enlai is the first person to attach great importance to environmental protection in China. Much of his weight on environmental protection