2012年，媒体聚焦土壤污染议题，就粮食安全与城市毒地等问题连番追问。但全国土壤污染数据仍旧扑朔迷离。在此背景下，高层面的土壤污染控制政策却频出“加速”信号，从《土壤污染防治法》到国务院关于土壤环保和综合治理工作的部署，政策制定进程引人关注。这一过程蕴涵着政策制定者思路的变化，而民间在此议题上所开展的工作，为政策制定者提供了具有标本意义的案例。
In 2012,several important media outlets focused on China's soil pollution problem and initiated a series of investigations. Yet even under such intensive scrutiny,information about China's soil pollution situation remains opaque. It is against such a backdrop that top level policy making on soil pollution attracts much attention. From the rumored Soil Pollution Control Law to the State Council's arrangements for soil pollution remediation,everything is indicating that the policy process is accelerating. There is also a discernible tension among competing philosophies underlying different policy options. In this regard,efforts made by China's nascent civil society on this issue provides typical cases as references for policy makers.
