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Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News

Professor: One-fifth of China’s arable land affected by heavy metal pollution (Google

translation)
At a February Sino-French conference on environmental law, Professor Wang Shuyi discussed current government plans to

enact soil pollution laws. The professor also revealed the results of a recent study by the Chinese Academy of Ecological Research. Nearly 20 million hectares of China’s arable land are – about 20% of China’s total – are estimated to be contaminated with heavy metals. (Source: Chengdu Daily)
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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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