The Modern Environmental Governance System

Modernization of the environmental governance system and capacity is a reflection of harmony between humanity and nature. It is also a component of the state governance system and capacity.

In March 2020, the central authorities issued a document on building a modern environmental governance system. In this system, the CPC exercises leadership, the government provides guidance, the enterprises are the main participants, and social organizations and the general public are also mobilized. Good interplay between government governance, public self-regulation and enterprise participation will create strong synergy, along with sound institutions and mechanisms and control at source, to bring a fundamental turn for the better of eco-environmental conservation in China.

The document defined the powers and responsibilities of the government, enterprises and the public. It also set the requirements for relevant regulation, the market, the credit system, and related laws and regulations, and encouraged pragmatic and effective means for participation to improve the weak areas in environmental governance. This will help establish a modern environmental governance system, in which the Party exercises leadership, the government takes the lead, the business sector assumes the main responsibility for reducing its environmental footprint, and social organizations and the public also participate.

現代環境治理體系

環境治理體系與治理能力現代化是人與自然和諧共生的重要體現，也是國家治理體系的重要組成部分。2020年3月，中共中央辦公廳、國務院辦公廳印發《關于構建現代環境治理體系的指導意見》（以下簡稱《意見》），要求以堅持黨的集中統一領導為統領，以強化政府主導作用為關鍵，以深化企業主體作用為根本，以更好動員社會組織和公眾共同參與為支撐，實現政府治理和社會調節、企業自治良性互動，完善體制機制，強化源頭治理，形成工作合力，為推動生態環境根本好轉、建設生態文明和美麗中國提供有力制度保障。

《意見》明晰了政府、企業、公眾等各類主體的權責，對建立健全環境治理領導責任體系、企業責任體系、全民行動體系、監管體系、市場體系、信用體系、法律法規政策體系等作出指導要求，對環境治理體系薄弱環節提出切實、可行、有效的多樣性參與方式，為構建黨委領導、政府主導、企業主體、社會組織和公眾共同參與的現代環境治理體系勾畫藍圖。