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Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Ministry of Finance shows strong support for new energy (Google translation)
At the National People’s Congress meetings last week, the Ministry of Finance announced that it spent 102 billion RMB to push forward “new energy” from 2007 to 2009, and tens of billions of RMB have been spent to promote research and development of nuclear and biomass technology. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Environmental proposals attract attention at the NPC and CPPCC conference
At last week’s 11th National People’s Congress, NPC representatives raised a total of 518 motions and proposals. According to China Environment News, 53 of the 518 motions concerned issues of environmental protection, covering a wide range of issues from drinking water to ecological protection. Some of the most popular topics and motions were: Amend and update the Environmental Protection Law: a total of 243 NPC and CPPCC representatives submitted motions regarding environmental protection throughout the annual meeting. Representatives noted that the current Environmental Protection Law, more than twenty years old, needed significant revision to address the different economic and environmental … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Secrets Act should be revised to improve government transparency, say CPPCC members (Google translation) At the 11th CPPCC National Committee, several members have supported a proposal to revise China’s State Secrets Act. Several CPPCC members pointed out that the legal text of the State Secrets Act conflicted with the disclosure requirements of the new national government information disclosure law and put forth five suggestions on changing the State Secrets Act. (Source: People’s Daily) Environmental emergencies: are we ready? (Google translation) This lengthy Xinhua article traces the increasing challenge that sudden environmental emergencies pose in China. In 2008 there were 42 … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
China’s 4 trillion yuan stimulus continues to draw public’s attention
During the Eleventh National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the global financial crisis and China’s economic stimulus package have emerged as the dominant themes of speeches and discussions. Prior to conference, Mu Hong, the vice director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced to the media on March 2 that the details of four-trillion-yuan stimulus plan would be publicly accessible. “Should the public have any doubt about where exactly the investment goes to in a certain field and a certain area, they can inquire the specific information from NDRC at any time,” he … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
In the past week, Chinese news media has focused on several important public participation and environmental public interest litigation issues. The release of the China Software Testing Center’s evaluation of government website openness has generated discussion on how much work there is left to do. Meanwhile, local governments in Hainan, Hubei, and Yunnan are intensifying efforts to improve support for environmental public interest litigation and the creation of environmental courts. Six articles after the jump.
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