Environmental Law in China

The development of environmental law in China over the past 40 years has been a process of both continuous self-exploration while also learning from foreign environmental legislation and the international community. As a result, Chinese environmental law has converged with the environmental laws of other countries, as well as international environmental law in terms of legislative purpose, legal instruments, and political and legal relations in the process of environmental governance. This is due, mostly, to the fact that environmental laws around the globe, including in China, attempt to address similar causes of environmental problems. It is also the result of China’s active learning approach.