CHINA’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
https://doi.org/ 10.18384/2310-676X-2019-2-184-192
Abstract
This article is aimed at giving an overview of China’s environmental policy in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the author analyzed China’s environmental policy over the past decade and its legal basis, as well as environmental indicators specified in the UN Agenda 2030. It is shown that, although the government has prioritized economic growth over environmental protection for a long time, recent years have seen a policy shift towards environmental protection. The author concludes that this transformation has made a positive contribution to China’s sustainable development, forming a more balanced structure for future development with both mandatory and market instruments. However, for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals plan in the environmental sphere, it is necessary to accelerate the process of building an ecological civilization, as well as to pay more attention to the policy coordination taking into consideration problems existing in ecological, social and economic spheres.
About the Author
Z. Zhan
Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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