Government Policies about Global Warming

After viewing this documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore, I had a clearer image of global warming and its causes and consequences. I summarized global warming as the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans. As the video shows, global warming is undoubtedly caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The consequences are very destructive and worldwide. One of the impressive parts is that the sea level increases and floods a few famous cities in the world like New York, Beijing and Shanghai. It is scary and persuasive. I start to look for how the government of PRC tackles such a challenge faced by all the governments around the globe.
The results are surprised. I found the Central Government had published a lot of policies regarding environmental protection online. There are total 8 areas of concern regarding it, namely Framework Provisions, Prevention and Control of Water Pollution and Air Pollution, Solid Wastes Management, Noise and Vibration Management, Hazardous Chemicals Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Pollution Discharge and Levying. After reading through some of the policies, I have an outlook on how our Government contributes to reduce the problem of global warming.
Firstly, our Government is committed to adopt preventive measures and enhance environmental management, so that there will be less or no pollution produced.

Secondly, our Government support the execution of environmental policies economically like giving financial assistance to the national major pollution abatement and ecological protection projects.

Thirdly, our Government promotes the whole society to raise the energy and resources utilization efficiency and reduce the pollutant’s discharge like CO2.

Fourthly, environmental industry has drawn a lot of attention so our Government put much effort on the technology advancement in environment-friendly products and their standardization.

The last thing I want to point out is that international cooperation for global warming is very important. Our Government take part in the environmental affairs actively. In May 1998, our Government signed The Kyoto Protocol and ratified it in August 2002. It shows the determination of Government to protect our home planet- earth.

Reference:
Ministry of Environmental Protection, the People’s Republic of China
http://english.mep.gov.cn/Policies_Regulations/policies/

Keys to engineer accomplishments

As an engineering student, one may wonder: How can I grow and eventually acquire the ability to analyze complex information systematically and apply a holistic approach in designing a solution just as Prof Seeram Ramakrishna said in his article -” The Expanding World of Engineers”. In my opinion, the engineering course structure matters most in the external side. Nowadays, due to globalization, advancement in technology and so on, there is a need for the workforce to be knowledge and technology intensive. Such a fact requires that our tertiary education organizations to review and progress their course syllabus and teaching method to satisfy the new requirements .Besides the fundamental knowledge and science needed for engineering education, how to encourage engineering students like me to systematically apply what we learnt in our class is another important issue for both varsities and students to work on.
Engineering scope is widened and deepened. Most of the time, the problems engineers faced are so huge and difficult that teamwork is a must. Soft skills like effective communications, work co ordinations and management of resources and time all come into play. As future engineer, we shall not concentrate on the engineering study only but also improve our soft skills as mentioned above. It does not mean that we could spend little time on engineering study and join a lot CCA to improve soft skills. After all, the professional knowledge is very important to an engineer, just like a solid base is the foundation for us to add on more structures. So balance study and social life. During study, our aim should not be just scores in the exam. It is more about the method we study. Learning is not just the task during student days; it has been extended to our whole life. So focus on the method. I think that is what an engineering student should do in order to make the accomplishments stated by Prof Seeram Ramakrishna.