Boston College International and Comparative Law Review Volume 6 | Issue 1 Article 4 12-1-1983 China’s Developing Environmental Law: Policies, Practices and Legislation Bruce L. Ottley Charles Valauskas Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr Part of the Environmental Law Commons, and the Legislation Commons Recommended Citation Bruce L. Ottley & hC arles Valauskas, China’s Developing Environmental Law: Policies, Practices and Legislation, 6 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 81 (1983), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr/vol6/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College International and Comparative Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. China's Developing Environmental Law: Policies, Practices and Legislation by Bruce L. Ottley* and Charles C. Valauskas** I. INTRODUCTION InJuly 1979 the People's Republic of China took a major step toward creating a Western style legal system when it enacted seven new laws.! Since that time, the Chinese have given increasing attention to the role of law2 as a means of regulating conduct. The National People's Congress has adopted subsequent laws, regulations and procedures aimed at establishing a general legal system for the country and regulating foreign investment.3 Amid the rapid developments taking place in Chinese law, American lawyers, scholars and business people have focused most of their attention on the legal aspects of normalization of relations between the United States and China.