本书编委会编写的这本书为安徽文艺出版社已出图书中文版《中国生态建设者》的英文版，选取了我国15位从事生态建设成绩突出且影响较大的人士，以散文的笔法叙述了他们或治理污染、或建设家乡、或研究生态新科技的人生故事，通过他们的生活经历和感人事迹，反映我国生态建设的理念和发展，展现当代中国人重视环境发展和生态建设的观念，表明我国“建设美丽中国，实现中华民族永续发展”的决心和力量。

Foreword / 1

From Board Chairman to King of Scrappers

 --Lan Yajun, a Renowned Environmentalist in Guiyang / 1

Original Simplicity--Another Charm

 --Liao Xiaoyi, a Non-Governmental Environmentalist in China / 14

Ecological Painting Scrolls on the Hopeful Field

 --Sun Jun, Founder of Peking Green Cross Ecological

 Culture Transmission Center/26

From a Wasteyard to an Industrial Park

 --Wu Xuanhui, Director of Peking Chaoyang

 Circular Economy Industrial Park Management Center / 37

He Always Cherishes a Dream--Ma Zhong, Dean

 of Environment School, Renmin University of China / 47

Thirty-Year Endeavor to Retain Azure Skies and White Clouds

 --Hao Jiming, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering / 57

To Guard Our Homeland with Ideal and Persistence

 --Huo Daishan, a Defender of the Huai River / 70

Looking up the Universe While Standing Firmly on the Ground

 --Ma Jun, Director of Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs / 81

A Special "Truckman" in Battles of Safe Water Supply

 --Zhang Xiaojian, a "Water Cleaner" Cultivated by Tsinghua University / 93

Son of the Desert and His Green Kingdom

 --Wang Wenbiao, Winner of the United Nations Environment and Development Award / 103

Carving His Name on the Green Mountains

 --Yang Shanzhou, "Son of the Daliang Mountain" / 114

From a Lumbering Model Worker to an Afforestation Hero

 --Zhao Xihai, a Planting Man in Pizhou Forestry Farm / 125

A Woman Biologist Wandering in Woods

 --Lv Zhi, Director of Shan Shui Conservation Center / 135

Dancing with Swans--Yuan Xueshun,

 President of Weihai Swan Protection Association / 145

An Appeal for Protecting the Fountainhead of the Yangtze River

 --Yang Xin, President of Promotion Association of Protecting River and Lake Environment / 156