This paper adopts the appraisal theory attitude system of Systemic Functional Linguistics as the theoretical framework, using the news reports of "China Daily" on the discharge of nuclear wastewater by the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan as the corpus, to analyze the discourse characteristics of the Chinese mainstream media's reporting on Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater. The study found that in the relevant news discourse, the proportion of judgment resources is the largest, followed by appreciation resources, and emotional resources account for the smallest proportion. In the emotional resources, negative emotional resources account for the vast majority, indicating a negative attitude towards the discharge of nuclear wastewater by Japan. In the judgment resources, the behavior is evaluated and the potential risks it may bring are assessed. The reports provide relevant facts and evidence, presenting to the public a protest and opposition to the discharge of nuclear wastewater. In the appreciation resources, there is an emphasis on highlighting the harm and impact of nuclear wastewater discharge on the global marine environment, calling for environmental protection.

Huang Qiujie. Analysis of Attitude Resources in "China Daily" News Reports on Japan's Nuclear Wastewater Discharge from the Perspective of Appraisal Theory. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 5: 53-57. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070510.

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