ABSTRACT

Environmental policy in China may be imbedded in its overall strategy for economic development. Official Chinese statements claim, for instance, that environmental policy is an integrated part of the nationwide strategy for modernization (Glaeser 1982, Glaeser 1983, Hahn 1983). "Ecodevelopment," the term coined by Maurice Strong, first Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, pertains to the integration of environment and development in a national (or regional) strategy (Glaeser 1984).