A Study on the Impact of Organizing Environmental Awareness and Education on the Performance of Environmental Governance in China

Yifei Niu, Xi Wang and Ciyun Lin ()
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Yifei Niu: College of the Humanities, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Xi Wang: Economic Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
Ciyun Lin: School of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: The advancement of technology and economic development has raised the standard of living and at the same time brought a greater burden to the environment. Environmental governance has become a common concern around the world, and although China’s environmental governance has achieved some success, it is still a long way from the ultimate goal. This paper empirically analyzes the impact of environmental publicity and education on environmental governance performance, using public participation as a mediator. The results show that: the direct effect of environmental publicity and education on environmental governance performance is not significant; environmental publicity and education have a significant positive effect on public participation; public participation significantly contributes to environmental governance performance; public participation shows a good mediating effect between environmental publicity and education and environmental governance performance. The government should adopt diversified environmental protection publicity and education in future environmental governance, and vigorously promote public participation in environmental governance so that the goal of environmental governance can be fundamentally accomplished by all people.

Keywords: environmental governance; environmental education and publicity; public participation; environmental governance performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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