The New EIA Law and Environmental Protection in China

November 30, 2002 | BY

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The PRC's new Environmental Impact Assessment Law (the Law) clarifies and strengthens environmental protection requirements applying to the establishment, expansion or change of business operations, and extends similar requirements to the drafting of government plans that might affect China's environment.

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By Neal Stender & Zhou Jing, Coudert Brothers, Hong Kong and Beijing

The law was passed on October 28 this year, but isn't effective until September 1 2003. The intervening