With the construction of ecological civilization, central government's direct inspections have become the new norm of environmental protection supervision. Since 2016, the central government has been dispatching supervision teams, one batch after another, to conduct environmental protection...

The issue of environment protection has gained in importance recently in connection with progressive environmental decay, which is caused by a steady economic development and exploitative natural resource management. Energetics is one of the industries, which have a damaging influence on the...

Mandatory Environmental Information Disclosure (EID) programs are touted as effective supplements to traditional policy instruments in most OECD countries. However, the Chinese national EID program, which was launched in 2008, is found to be ineffective for the urban environment. Though former...