Last April, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing passed the first amendments to the PRC Environmental Protection Law (EPL) (中华人民共和国环境保护法) since the law was introduced in 1989.
How to survive the environmental regime
The millions in fines imposed on polluters and arrests of executives indicate the seriousness of China's efforts to enforce the year-old revised Environmental Protection Law. This feature lists some of the things multinationals can do to stay out of trouble
By
Vincent Chow