USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / National affairs

    Lawmakers call for actions on environment issues

    Xinhua | Updated: 2013-06-27 16:33

    BEIJING - China's top legislators called for more active government actions and harsher punishment for wrongdoings when discussing a draft revision to a key environment law Thursday.

    The draft amendment to the environmental protection law was tabled for the second reading at the ongoing bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC).

    While acknowledging great improvements in this bill from the previous version submitted for the first reading in August, lawmakers were not satisfied, especially with the definition of the government role in protecting the environment and punishment on polluters.

    "The law should more clearly define what the government must do and what legal liabilities they would bear if they fail to act or breach their duty," said Zheng Gongcheng, member of the NPC Standing Committee and professor with the Renmin University of China, at the panel discussion of the bill.

    In quite a number of cases, environmental problems occurred as local governments focused more on the economy than the environment so the law must enhance the government's liability, said Yin Zhongqing, another NPC Standing Committee member.

    Yin suggested that the central government adopt a system to supervise and assess the performance of local governments concerning environmental protection.

    Both the government departments and their officials should be held responsible. Officials who fail to exercise their duty and cause serious environmental hazards should not only receive administrative punishment but also legal punishment, he said.

    The bill should also help the country to adopt effective and standard criteria to assess environmental protection, he said.

    "Without such criteria, how can we tell whether a local government does a good job in environmental protection or not?" he said.

    Wu Heng, also member of the NPC Standing Committee, suggested that the bill should require the government to inform the public about environmental risks and interact with them so that the public can actively engage in these issues.

    Compared with the previous version, the bill adopts harsher punishment on polluters but lawmakers have proposed to raise the bar higher.

    "We need a law with teeth that can bite," said lawmaker Wang Yifu, "The law should ensure polluters pay a high enough price."

    According to the bill, companies and other organizations, which intentionally escape supervision and discharge pollutants, will be prosecuted if they violate the law. Those, whose activities are not serious enough for criminal prosecution, will be punished according to the law on penalties for administration of public security, for instance being put under administrative detention.

    According to Zheng Gongcheng, such regulations are still too weak to stop polluters.

    At the discussion, lawmakers also proposed that the bill should add more articles about environmental protection in the countryside, especially processing waste in villages and controlling pollution of farmland.

    Editor's picks
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    欧美成人中文字幕在线看| 久久精品无码一区二区app| 免费无码午夜福利片| 熟妇人妻中文a∨无码| 中文成人无字幕乱码精品区| 人妻丰满熟妇AV无码区乱| 无码国内精品久久综合88| √天堂中文官网在线| 亚洲乱亚洲乱少妇无码| 办公室丝袜激情无码播放| 亚洲日韩国产AV无码无码精品| 日韩中文字幕一区| 中文字幕乱码人在线视频1区| 国产成人无码午夜福利软件| 无码区国产区在线播放| 中文无码制服丝袜人妻av| 亚洲av午夜国产精品无码中文字 | 亚洲精品无码精品mV在线观看| 波多野结衣在线aⅴ中文字幕不卡| 亚洲人成人无码网www国产| 国产亚洲3p无码一区二区| 性无码专区无码片| 一本色道久久HEZYO无码| 久久无码专区国产精品发布| 日本久久中文字幕| 合区精品久久久中文字幕一区| 天堂新版8中文在线8| 亚洲一区二区中文| 欧美日韩中文国产va另类| 免费中文字幕视频| 中文字幕日韩精品在线| 中文字幕亚洲一区二区va在线| 最近免费中文字幕大全高清大全1 最近免费中文字幕mv在线电影 | 黑人无码精品又粗又大又长| 精品无码无人网站免费视频| 精品无码国产一区二区三区AV| 秋霞无码一区二区| 无码国产成人午夜电影在线观看| 久久中文精品无码中文字幕| 无码人妻AⅤ一区二区三区水密桃| 亚洲成A人片在线观看无码3D |