Environmental Innovation in China

China has both the capacity and the need to become a global leader in sustainable development and innovation in environmental technology. Building an Environmentally-friendly Society Through Innovation acknowledges many of the mistakes that have been made in the past where economic development has resulted in pollution to land, air and water but more importantly it presents a blueprint for the future with the recommendation that a National Environmental Innovation Action Plan is established. In addition, to achieve a more effective nationwide regulatory environment and to bolster public participation the creation of a National Environment Information System that would be managed by the new Ministry of Environmental Protection.