China Environmental Law

The Circular Economy Law is a curious blend of the usual general policy pronouncements found in Chinese legislation and some unusually specific requirements.  There is little in the law, however, that is new.  Most of its provisions are already on the books in China in either previously enacted laws (most notably the Clean Production Law, [...]

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The final version of the Circular Economy Law is substantially similar to the draft version of June 2007.  The lawmakers have tinkered with some language here and there and made seemingly arbitrary changes to some penalty amounts (some increased, some decreased), but there are only a few substantive revisions.  Most of these revisions were previously [...]

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I apologize for the spotty posting pattern this week.  If you are looking for a really good read this weekend, may I direct your attention to the “Laws & Regulations” sidebar on the right side of this page where you will find a translation of China’s new Circular Economy Law.  The provision of translations of [...]

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Back again.  A resumption of the discussion of things environmental will have to wait until Friday.  I’m digging out of a mountain of accumulated emails and other work, and I’m going to be at the AmCham Shanghai Sustainability Conference (see here) tomorrow.
Qiandao Hu was entertaining.  I attended my first “fish barbecue,” where your favorite small [...]

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We’re heading off to the annual CELB office retreat in Qiandao hu which isn’t a hu at all but a shuiku, but what institution would be so cheap as to entertain its hard-working employees at a shuiku? Hope to take a little swim, catch a new bird or two.
 
Then its off to Xiamen for the [...]

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On Monday we wrote about a protest in the “affluent Changying district of east Beijing” concerning a neighborhood landfill and waste incineration facility.  Less than a month earlier another protest occurred in “a rural corner of southwest China’s Yunnan Province where pollution from cement kilns has changed lives and turned peaceful villages into scenes of [...]

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Since China’s Law on Protection of Cultural Relics is often categorized among its environmental laws, I think this story qualifies for discussion here. 
You may have read recently about the construction of the Shanghai-Beijing high-speed railway.  This is a fantastic project which will propel China to the top rank of nations in terms of transportation infrastructure.  The [...]

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The Observer reports on a post-Olympics protest in Beijing involving middle class home owners and a nearby landfill and waste incineration facility.
Of course anytime you mix residents from apartment complexes bearing faintly ridiculous names like “New Sky Universe” and “Berlin Symphony”, “young urban professionals - designers, internet workers and translators,” and a facility that buries 3,700 [...]

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