Environmental information disclosure in China: policy developments and NGO responses
梳理了中国环境信息公开政策的演进，分析了该政策如何为环保NGO创造空间，以及NGO如何利用公开信息施压地方政府和企业，同时指出政治和制度限制制约了NGO的行动。
In order to hold polluters accountable through stimulating public participation, the Chinese government has progressively strengthened its environmental information disclosure (EID) policy. This article sets out China's emerging EID policy before examining the implications for the country's environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Government promotion of EID has created additional space for civil society. As well as promoting better access to information, environmental NGOs have started using disclosed information to pressurise local governments and enterprises. Although a stronger EID policy represents an important step towards a more vibrant civil society, NGOs are constrained in acting on information due to political and institutional limits.