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A critical review of Environment and modernityin transitional China 　　Abstract：Some western scholars assert that China has stepped into Ecological Modernization society since the beginning of the 21st century.Arthur Mol is one of them，who confirms this same opinion in his many articles.This study focuses on this one research and points out that there are still lack of strong evidences to support this typical idea completely. 　　Keywords：China；Environmental Protection；Ecological Modernization 　　Introduction 　　Over the last several decades，many researchers and politicians have held pessimistic and negative views on the Chinese environmental trend and development.However，some more optimistic and positive opinions have emerged in the western academia in the last several years[1].This article，Environment and modernity in transitional China，is typical one of this kind of trend，written by Arthur P.J.Mol，Chair and professor in environment policy at the Department of Social Science，Wageningen University，Hollandseweg，who is one of the foremost scholars in the environmental sociology.In this article，the author tries to answer the question，whether the western ecological modernization（EM）framework is suitable for developing countries and whether Chinese environmental reforms could be regarded as EM or not.After compared Chinese practice to European modes，as the title of the article indicates，the author’s answer is pretty positive（although，at the same time，he points out that China shows a different mode and style）. 　　Summary 　　At the beginning of Mol’s article，the author depicts briefly the origination and process institutionalization of EM in developed societies，and their diffusion in some developing countries.With citing a great number of previous studies，the article deduced that there is a basic feature of EM theory.That is “the centripetal movement of ecological interests，ideas and considerations within the social practices and institutional developments of modern so