Design of policy mechanism to promote cleaner production in China

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Tian-zhu

Affiliations: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In order to promote cleaner production in China, a package of policy options was presented based on the identification of the barriers encountered in the CP demonstration project and the effectiveness and feasibility of policy options for the CP implementation were analyzed.Furthermore, the policy mechanism framework was giyen, which composes of compulsory, economic incentive, social pressure and supportive function. Finally, the implementation strategy of the policy mechanism, in which the emphasis will be changed from compulsory Policy options towards economic and social pressure policy options, was proposed.

Keywords: cleaner production, barrier identification, policy mechanism, China

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 346-350, 2001