China's new Ecological Environment Code: Originality and global contribution
生态环境法典的原创性意义与世界贡献
The People's Daily presents China's newly enacted Ecological Environment Code as a milestone in legal history. The article, authored by a Wuhan University scholar, argues the code is the world's first named 'ecological environment' and represents a systemic legislative model that integrates pollution control, ecological protection, and green low-carbon development. It frames the code as a shift from a Western-influenced approach to an autonomous Chinese legal knowledge system, rooted in the philosophy of 'harmony between humanity and nature'.
The view from inside
The piece frames the code as a definitive break from Western environmental law, which it characterizes as fragmented and stuck in a 'subject-object dichotomy' between humans and nature.
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