Study on the Recent Change of Socio-economic Conditions and Process of Environmental Legislation in China

Comparison with Previous Circumstances in Japan

Abstract

This paper is to analyze relation between the change of socio-economic conditions and process of environmental legislation in China during the recent five decades. It is recognized that the environmental legislation has been materialized in line with the planning of economic development in China. However, its future legislative execution would be questionable as far as the economic development is not completed yet. Herein, the authors intend to propose systematization of industrial pollution control in China, based on the analysis of Japan's previous experience to overcome the hazardous pollution caused by big industries.