Number: RL31076
Title: China: Selected Environmental Issues and Policies
Authors: Mary Tiemann, Susan Fletcher, Bren Yacobucci, and Larry Parker, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of China's air and water pollution problems and associated environmental and public health impacts, with attention also to the implications of China's growing energy needs and the issue of global climate change. It also reviews China's policies and laws to address pollution problems, and discusses opportunities for, and examples of, U.S.-China cooperation on these matters. Multilateral cooperation and assistance on environmental pollution matters are also discussed. Finally, the report looks at environmental technology issues and China's initiatives to reduce pollution in the power generation, automobile, industrial, and municipal sectors and mentions opportunities for (and obstacles to) U.S. companies to participate in China's growing environmental technology market.
Pages: 44
Date: Updated July 17, 2001