RESEARCH & REPORTS > Regulatory

Please also explore Regulations - our guide through the complex web of ministries, departments, bureaus and other agencies, water policies & regulations and enforcement.

Enforcement is the weakest link

Source: HSBC Global Research, 2012

Is China too big to filter down? Tougher Industry Targets, but Company Awareness is Low

Source: HSBC Global Research, 2012

State Council, Water Management Decree (Chinese only)

Source: The China State Council, 2012

China’s Rising Climate Risk

Source: HSBC Global Research, 2011

Greenpeace Insights & Commentary: China’s 12th Five-Year Plan

Source: Greenpeace, 2011

Delivering Low-Carbon Growth: A Guide to China’s 12th Five Year Plan

Source: The Climate Group, 2011

Public Participation in the People’s Republic: Developing a More Participatory Governance Model in China

Source: HORSLEY, Jamie P., 2009

Quest for Clean Water: China’s Newly Amended Water Pollution Control Law

Source: LI Jingyun and LIU Jingjing, 2009

The Green Evolution: Environmental Policies and Practice in China’s Banking Sector

Source: Friends of the Earth and BANKTrack, 2008

China Environment Forum, Trial by Fire: A Chinese NGO’s Work on Environmental Health Litigation in China

Source: GO, Kimberly, SUZUKI, Mayu, and QU Xiaoxia, 2008

One Billion Enforcers

Source: WANG, Alex, 2007

Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in China

Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2006

An Overview of Major Multilateral Environmental Agreements On Hazardous Chemical Management

Source: World Bank, 2006