China's environmental protection agencies have been ordered to publish environmental impact assessment reports on their websites from Sept 1 to make the evaluations available to the public.

 

The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it issued the order to better regulate environmental impact assessments, after recent incidents in which environmental issues triggered widespread objections.

 

According to Wang Chengdong, an administrative law professor at China University of Political Science and Law, government decision-making involves the well-being of a large group of people and it is normal that some residents will object, even vehemently.
 

In response to the public's fear of the potential for pollution, environmental protection agencies should from the start disclose as much information on the impact assessment as possible, he said. 

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