Analysis of the current situation of environmental policy of China and establishment of distributed environmental policy framework

doi:10.1007/s11783-014-0658-9

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2015, Vol. 9

Issue (2) : 310-316 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-014-0658-9

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Analysis of the current situation of environmental policy of China and establishment of distributed environmental policy framework

Chaoyang FU¹,Wangfeng LI^2,^*(

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1. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute, Beijing 100083, China

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Abstract

In this study, China’s current macro-environmental policies as well as their implementation and management tools are analyzed. By using the basic economic methodology, detailed studies are conducted focusing on the implementation effect of contemporary China’s typical environmental policy of the total pollutant discharge quantity control type, and also the two types of environmental management tools are compared from the perspective of implementation costs and policy uncertainty. By introduction of distributed management tools into the implementation of environmental policies, market-oriented means and the methods of economic analysis are introduced into environmental policy decision-making mechanisms, which could afford a new method for changing the current relatively low efficiency of environmental policy, solving the problem of “government failure” in environmental policy implementation, and providing a new way to make environmental policy system more flexible and more efficient. It is of great practical significance to solve China's current structural, complex and accumulative environmental problems.

Keywords environmental policy distributed environment policy distributed parameter model lumped parameter model

Corresponding Author(s): Wangfeng LI

Issue Date: 13 February 2015

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Chaoyang FU,Wangfeng LI. Analysis of the current situation of environmental policy of China and establishment of distributed environmental policy framework[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2015, 9(2): 310-316.

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Fig.1 Conceptual framework of the distributed environment management policy

Fig.2 Technical framework of distributed total pollutant discharge quantity control policy

Fig.3 Comparison of macro-environmental policies framework model (LSB and LSC represent respectively the marginal revenue curve and marginal cost curve of society’s total pollutant emissions. MSC1, MSC2, and MSCn represent respectively the marginal cost curve of 1, 2,...,n different polluters. P* and x* represent the pollutant prices and pollutant emission amount of the whole society respectively under complete market conditions, it has achieved the optimum cost benefit equilibrium)

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