Green regulation punishes misconduct
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Environmental watchdogs in China who abuse their authority will be punished under a special regulation that took effect yesterday.

  The provisional form of the regulation, China's first on disciplining dereliction of duty, was released yesterday by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and the Ministry1 of Supervision2.

  The regulation aims to curb3 the frequent law violations4 by officials in environmental departments, mostly on the local level, and provides the guidelines for disciplining various wrongdoings.

  "It is an important step on law-based administration for the country's environmental protection cause," SEPA Vice-Minister Zhu Guangyao said.

  "For any non-actions, wrongdoings or law-violations occurring in environmental protection, we will not show any mercy and punish responsible people in line with the regulation."

  Approving projects that have not passed environmental impact assessment5 (EIA); cutting or cancelling the fee for the collection of waste discharged against the rules; postponing6 or fabricating reports of environmental accidents, or trying to hide the truth, will all receive administrative7 punishment.

  "The regulation covers not only people working in environmental protection departments, but also staff members in enterprises who are responsible for environmental issues and dispatched by the government," said Li Yufu, vice-minister of the Ministry of Supervision.

  "By cracking down on corruption8 and environmental destruction, we are correcting the wrong principle of pursuing fast economic growth by sacrificing environmental quality which is a principle held by some local officials."

  SEPA will educate more than 3,000 field environmental supervisors9 nationwide on the new regulation.

  It also requires the local environmental protection bureaux to co-operate in investigating chronic10 cases. By punishing some environmental watchdogs that violate the rules, some chronic cases are expected to be resolved.

  "The provisional regulation is very helpful for SEPA to strengthen its supervision over its local branches," said Zhang Jianyu, a visiting scholar at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University.

  "But currently SEPA is busy with handling highly frequent environmental accidents. It is hard for SEPA to spare more manpower and resources into pushing the regulation to every corner of the country."

  Zhu said China's environmental problems would be four or five times as bad 15 years from now if it continues in the current energy consumption and pollution trend



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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督,管理
参考例句:
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
3 curb LmRyy     
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
参考例句:
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
4 violations 403b65677d39097086593415b650ca21     
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
参考例句:
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
5 assessment vO7yu     
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
参考例句:
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
6 postponing 3ca610c0db966cd6f77cd5d15dc2b28c     
v.延期,推迟( postpone的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。 来自辞典例句
  • I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。 来自辞典例句
7 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的,管理的
参考例句:
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
8 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
参考例句:
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
9 supervisors 80530f394132f10fbf245e5fb15e2667     
n.监督者,管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
  • Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句
10 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
参考例句:
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
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