AmajorissueinChina'spresentecologicaleconomicconstructionistobuildtheecologicalprovince.InMarchof1999,HainanProvinceofChinaproposedsettingupthefirstecologicalprovinceandwasaccreditedbytheBureauofStateEnvironmentProtectionasthepilotproject.Uptonowforonlyfouryears,Hainan,Jilin,Heilongjiang,Fujian,Zhejiang,Shandong,Anhui,Jiangsu,eightprovincesinthewholecountry,havinglaunchedtheestablishmentoftheecologicalprovince.Meanwhile,theprovincessuchasShaanxi,Hebei,