Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- The People's Republic of China's Evolving Eco-Compensation Framework: Background and Select Provincial Case Studies -- Group 1: Eastern Provinces -- Case Study 1: Fujian -- Case Study 2: Guangdong -- Case Study 3: Hainan -- Case Study 4: Jiangsu -- Case Study 5: Liaoning -- Case Study 6: Zhejiang -- Group 2: Inland and Western Provinces -- Case Study 7: Anhui -- Case Study 8: Chongqing -- Case Study 9: Gansu -- Case Study 10: Jiangxi -- Case Study 11: Ningxia -- Case Study 12: Qinghai -- Case Study 13: Shanxi -- Issues and Options in the People's Republic of China: Views on the Payments for Ecological Services from Chinese Policy Makers and Experts -- Conference Speech 1: Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission -- Conference Speech 2: Director General, Department of Nature and Ecological Protection, Ministry of Environmental Protection -- Conference Speech 3: Vice Governor, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region -- Conference Paper 1: Eco-Compensation in the Environmental Policy Tool Kit -- Conference Paper 2: Reflections on the Development of Eco-Compensation Mechanisms in the People's Republic of China -- Conference Paper 3: A Framework Design of River Basin Ecological Compensation Policy and Its Mechanism for the People's Republic of China -- Conference Paper 4: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationships for Eco-Compensation in the People's Republic of China -- Conference Paper 5: Estimation of Rates for River Basin Eco-Compensation -- Conference Paper 6: Economic Impacts of Eco-Compensation: A Framework for Quantitative Simulation -- International Experiences in Markets for Ecosystem Services and the Asian Development Bank's Perspectives -- Keynote Speech: Klaus Gerhaeusser, Director General, Asian Development Bank.

Conference Paper 1: Promoting Payments for Ecological Services Approach in the People's Republic of China -- Conference Paper 2: Payments for Ecological Services: Future Prospects for the Asian Development Bank Operations in the People's Republic of China -- Conference Paper 3: Payments for Ecological Services in the Greater Mekong Subregion -- Conference Paper 4: Buyer, Regulator, and Enabler-The Government's Role in Ecosystem Services Markets -- Conference Paper 5: Payments for Ecological Services: An Australian Perspective -- Conference Paper 6: A Policy Maker's Guide to Designing Payments for Ecological Services -- Toward a More Effective Eco-Compensation Policy Framework.