Mun Ho: Economic Slowdown Is Complicating Anti-Pollution Efforts

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Jan. 20, 2016

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"'The Chinese system is very decentralised: the provincial and local city authorities have a lot of power. And it is not a simple matter of the central government in Beijing pressing a button and all the laws are enforced.' 'All the city environmental protection bureaus are in charge of enforcing [pollution] laws, and you can imagine there is a wide range of enforcement standards across the country.'"

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Mun Ho

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Mun Ho is a visiting fellow at RFF whose research centers on economic growth, productivity, taxation, and environmental economics.

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