Tue, 17 Sep 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's 2024 white paper titled “China’s Energy Transition” shows clean energy now makes up 58.2% of installed power capacity, with wind and solar increasing tenfold over a decade, and clean energy consumption rising from 15.5% to 26.4% of total energy use.
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2024, China introduced its first comprehensive regulation on rare earth management, addressing production, circulation, and reserves to ensure a regulated market and sustainable industry development.
Tue, 20 Aug 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2024, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released typical cases demonstrating judicial efforts to protect the Yellow River Basin's ecology, coinciding with the first anniversary of the Yellow River Protection Law.
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2024, China issued the Regulation on Ecological Protection Compensation, aiming to incentivize and compensate ecological protectors through fiscal transfers, interregional agreements, and market mechanisms.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2024, China's State Council issued interim regulations to establish a legal framework for carbon emissions trading, effective May 1, 2024, to support carbon reduction and neutrality goals.
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) reported to China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, on a notable rise in environmental cases handled by Chinese courts, emphasizing international collaboration for environmental justice principles.
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's legislature, promulgated the newly revised Marine Environment Protection Law, which imposes stricter regulations on activities in the marine environment and prohibits certain discharges and dumping.
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The “Several Provisions on the Participation of People’s Assessors with Expertise in the Trial of Cases involving Environmental Resource” (关于具有专门知识的人民陪审员参加环境资源案件审理的若干规定), newly issued by China’s Supreme People’s Court, came into effect on 1 Aug. 2023.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued Environment and Resources Adjudication of China (2022) with typical cases and released data on environmental protection cases heard by Chinese courts in 2022.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released twelve typical cases on wetland ecological conservation.