Changsha county in Hunan province is working hard on comprehensive ecological improvement on road to establishing a well-off society surrounded by a better living environment.

Changsha county takes the lead in Hunan province in terms of waste water treatment. It has launched waste water treatment facilities in each town and village. For example, the wastewater treatment plant in Huanghua town disposes about 8,000 tons of sewage every day.

As the first national ecological county in Hunan province, Changsha county was also a leader in launching the ecological compensation policy in 2010, establishing an ecological compensation mechanism to speed up converting polluting farmlands into forest and grassland.

It has set up rural environmental protection cooperatives across the county, and implemented an effective four-level refuse disposal management, covering households, villages, towns, and the county.