Pathways to a Clean Environment: Law, Enforcement, and the Public in China & the United States

The University of Chicago Center in Beijing
20th floor, Culture Plaza
No. 59A Zhong Guan Cun Street
Haidian District Beijing 100872

Pathways to a Clean Environment

Law, Enforcement, and the Public in China & the United States

通往清洁环境之路

——中美环境法、执法与公众态度之比较

About the Conference

The conference is a continuation and furthering of the conversations on the same theme taking place at the University of Chicago on March 4, 2016.  The Beijing portion of the conference seeks to engage more with Chinese scholars and policymakers on comparative studies on Chinese and American environmental governance.

The Beijing conference is presented by the University of Chicago and Tsinghua University, through joint efforts and co-sponsorship by the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) at Tsinghua University, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.

关于会议

本次会议是2016年3月4日在芝加哥召开的同主题会议的延续和深化。此次北京会议将邀请更多的中国学者和官员参与到中美环境治理比较的讨论中。

会议由芝加哥大学与清华大学共同主办，由芝加哥大学法学院Abrams环境法所、清华大学产业发展与环境治理研究中心、美国环保协会和芝加哥大学北京中心共同协办。

AGENDA

Tuesday, June 14

13:00       Audience registration

13:30       Welcome Remarks

XUE Lan, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Dali L. Yang, University of Chicago

13:45       Keynote Speech

“Building Government’s Regulatory Capacity is Key to China’s Environmental Governance”

GAO Shiji, Institute for Resources and Environmental Policy Studies,

Development Research Center of the State Council

“Pathways to Environmental Protection in Developing Areas: Thinking and Practice”

ZHANG Bo, Shandong Provincial Department of Environmental Protection

14:45       Coffee break

15:05       PANEL ONE

LAW MAKING, INSTITUIONAL BUILDING, INTERGOVERNMENTAL

RELATIONS, AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Chair: XUE Lan, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Objective: Assessment of (1) the relationship among the central, regional, and local governments as defined by law and (2) the tensions and nuances in those relationships as implemented.

“Multilevel Environmental Governance in the U.S.: Environmental

Federalism’s Tug of War Within” (15:05 – 15:25)

Erin Ryan, Florida State University School of Law

“Responding to China’s Environmental Scourge: Organizational

Challenges and Adaptations in Environmental Bureaucracy” (15:25 – 15:45)

Dali L. Yang and ZHANG Fan, University of Chicago

“Comparative Environmental Governance in China and the United

States: Federalism in an Era of Globalization” (15:45 – 16:05)

Robert Percival, University of Maryland School of Law; and

ZHAO Huiyu, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiaotong University

16:05     Discussion

16:50       First day concludes

Dinner for speakers.

Wednesday, June 15

8:00        Meet at Wenjin Hotel lobby.  Transport to UChicago Center in Beijing.

8:00        Audience registration

8:30         Keynote Speech

“The Progress of Institutional Reform of China’s Ecological Civilization

REN Yong, Environmental Development Center (Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection), Ministry of Environmental Protection

9:00        PANEL TWO

THE POLITICS OF IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND ENFORCEMENT

Chair: Mark N. Templeton, University of Chicago

Objective: Discussion and assessment of (1) how limits are set for individual

facilities; (2) how compliance or non-compliance with those limits is

monitored and reported; (3) if those limits are enforced, by whom (e.g.,

government officials and citizens); and (4) how recent increased attention

on administrative enforcement has been seen in the amount of fines levied.

“Multi-level Governance in Theory & in Practice in the United States:

The On-going Tug of War” (9:00 – 9:20)

Mary Gade, Gade Environmental Group LLC

The presentation will be made via Skype.

9:20 – 9:30   Discussion

“The Implementation Gap in Environmental Law” (9:30 – 9:50)

Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley

The presentation will be made via Skype.

9:50 – 10:00          Discussion

“Experimentalist Governance for Low-Carbon Development Strategy: Evaluation of a Quasi-Natural Experimental Scheme in China” (9:40 –10:00)

ZHU Xufeng, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

“Review on the Implementation of the New Environmental Protection Law” (10:00 – 10:20)

WANG Canfa, China University of Political Science and Law

10:20       Discussion

11:00       Coffee break

11:15         PANEL THREE

EX-POST REGULATION: LITIGATION

Chair: Dali L. Yang, University of Chicago

Objective: Discussion of the role of courts in (1) interpreting the law (including the deference given by U.S. court to interpretations of the law by the administrative agency); and (2) in enforcing the law.

“Politics, Science and Law: Three Legs of Environmental Governance”

(11:15 – 11:35)

Tom Ginsburg and Mark N. Templeton, University of Chicago Law School

“Rethinking China’s Environmental Regulatory Tools: Information Quality”

(11:35 – 11:55)

CHEN Ruoying, Peking University Law School

“Public Interest Suit” (11:55 – 12:15)

MA Yong,China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

12:15        Discussion

13:00       Lunch for all

14:00      PANEL FOUR

BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

Chair: CHEN Ling, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Objectives: Examination of the role of business in developing and giving

                   meaning to laws and regulations and to achieving environmental objectives

                   through individual compliance, norm creation and promulgation, and

                   development of new technologies.

“Earmarking Environmental Taxes: The U.S. Experience” (14:00 – 14:20)

Daniel Hemel, University of Chicago Law School

“Corporate Social Responsibilities” (14:20 – 14:40)

GUO Peiyuan, SynTao Co., Ltd.

“Regulatory Capture, Chinese Style: SOPEs, Environmental Regulation, and China’s Political Economy” (14:40 – 15:00)

Dali L. Yang, University of Chicago (work with HUANG Dongya, Sun

Yat-sen University)

15:00     Discussion

15:45      Coffee break

16:00      PANEL FIVE

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Chair: Robert Percival, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Objective:    

Discussion and assessment of the non-governmental organizations in monitoring environmental conditions; raising awareness of environmental issues with governmental officials; and among the broader public, participating in developing and giving meaning to laws and regulations, and enforcing the law.

“Lead in the Water: How Independent Experts and Environmental Organizations Worked to Address Regulatory Failures in Flint, Michigan”

(16:00 – 16:20)

Mark N. Templeton, University of Chicago

“Environmental Crisis, Crisis Management and the ‘Not In My Back Yard’

(NIMBY) Movement in China” (16:20 – 16:40)

CHEN Ling, Tsinghua University and LIU Bing, Beijing Normal University

16:40      Discussion

17:20       Concluding Remarks

Mark N. Templeton, University of Chicago

18:00      Dinner for Speakers.

议程

6月14日（星期四）

13:00       听众签到

13:30       欢迎辞

薛澜，清华大学公共管理学院

杨大力，芝加哥大学

13:45       主旨发言

提高政府环境监管能力是改善中国环境治理的关键

高世楫，国务院发展研究中心资源与环境政策研究所

发展中地区环境保护的路径：思考与实践

张波，山东省环境保护厅

14:45       茶歇

15:05       分论坛1.环境立法、制度建设、政府间关系及能力发展

主持人：薛澜，清华大学公共管理学院

讨论内容： （1）评估法律定义下中央、区域及地方政府间的关系；（2）评估现实中这些关系间的矛盾和细微差别。

15:05-15:25    美国多级环境治理：环境联邦制度的内部竞争

Erin Ryan，佛罗里达州立大学法学院

15:25-15:45    应对中国的环境灾害：环境官僚体系的结构挑战与适应

杨大力、张帆，芝加哥大学

15:45-16:05   中美环境治理比较：全球化时代下的联邦制度

Robert Percival，马里兰大学法学院

赵绘宇，上海交通大学凯原法学院

16:05     讨论

16:50       第一天会议结束

会议演讲者晚餐

6月15日（星期三）

8:00        文津酒店大堂集合，乘车前往芝加哥大学北京中心

8:00        听众注册

8:30         主旨发言

中国生态文明建设和体制改革进程

任勇，环境保护部环境发展中心（中日友好环境保护中心）

9:00        分论坛2.实施、调控、执行之政治制度

主持人：Mark N. Templeton，芝加哥大学

讨论内容：（1）如何给个体设置标准

（2）如何监督、报告标准的执行情况

（3）谁来执行此类标准，政府官员还是民众？

（4）近期在行政执法方面不断增加的关注是如何体现在处罚金额上的？

9:00-9:20       美国多级治理的理论与实践：一场正在上演的拉锯战

Mary Gade, 盖德环境集团（本报告通过SKYPE进行）

9:20-9:30       讨论

9:30-9:50       环境法的执法缺口

Daniel Farber，加州大学伯克利分校（本报告通过SKYPE进行）

9:50-10:00    讨论

10:00-10:20   中国低碳省市试点的近期评估

朱旭峰，清华大学公共管理学院

10:20-10:40 中国环境保护法的实施评估

王灿发，中国政法大学

10:40      讨论

11:00       茶歇

11:15         分论坛3. 事后监管——诉讼

主持人：杨大力，芝加哥大学

讨论内容：（1）法庭在法律诠释中的作用（包括美国法庭对管理机构诠释法律的尊重）；（2）法庭在执法过程中的作用。

11:15-11:35      法律、技术统治论及政治

Tom Ginsburg，Mark N.Templeton，芝加哥大学法学院

11:35-11:55     中国环境保护监管制度再思考——一个基于信息质量的视角

陈若英，北京大学法学院

11:55-12:15     中国环境公益诉讼的现状及问题思考

马勇，中国生物多样性保护与绿色发展基金会

12:15        讨论

13:00       午餐（全体与会者）

14:00      分论坛4.企业及环境监管

主持人：陈玲，清华大学公共管理学院

讨论内容：检验企业在发展和赋予法律法规意义中的作用；企业在通过

个体承诺、标准制定与颁布以及新技术开发等方式达成环境目标过程中的作用。

14:00-14:20 指定用途环保税：美国的经验

Daniel Hemel，芝加哥大学法学院

14:20-14:40 企业社会责任

郭沛源，商道纵横

14:40-15:00中国式的监管捕获：国有石油企业、环境监管与中国的政治经济

杨大力，芝加哥大学（合作者：黄冬娅，中山大学）

15:00     讨论

15:45       茶歇

16:00      分论坛5.公众参与

主持人：Robert Percival，马里兰大学Francis King Carey法学院

讨论内容：讨论并评估非政府组织在环境条件监控、与政府官员一起提升公众对

环境问题的注意、以及环境立法和执法的参与中的作用。

16:00-16:20   水中铅：看独立的专家与环境机构如何解决密歇根弗林特市水污染的监管失职

Mark N.Templeton，芝加哥大学

16:20-16:40   中国的环境危机、危机管理及邻避运动

陈玲，清华大学&刘冰，北京师范大学

16:40讨论

17:20总结致辞

Mark N. Templeton，芝加哥大学

18:00      演讲人晚餐