Abstract: Environmental law emerges and prospers in the era of environmental crisis,and consequently bears the historical mission of dealing with environmental crisis.Ecologicalprogress forms an intimate alliance with the historical mission of environmental law.Environmental law safeguards and promotes ecological progress,and also regards it as basic ideas.In accordance with the requirements of ecological progress,the value pursuit of environmental law shows totally different characteristics from that of traditional legal departments.The pursuit of justice includes justice among the same generations and between different generations.The interest pursuit aims at the appropriate balance among economic interests,social interests and environmental interests on the premise of protecting fundamental environmental interests.The order pursuit devotes itself to achieving ecological order.

Key words: ecological progress, environmental law, value pursuit