Does the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate Accountability System Improve Environmental Quality?

Li Feng, Ziming Chen and Haisong Chen
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Li Feng: Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Ziming Chen: Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Haisong Chen: Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: China is dedicated to enhancing the quality of its ecological environment, and the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate (CEPI) system, which is an essential program for ecological civilization, has earned widespread acknowledgement for its efficacy in environmental improvement. This study investigated whether the CEPI accountability system contributed to enhancing the environmental quality by focusing on the CEPI accountability system. This study collected, explicitly, the number of people held accountable, the number of people being handed over for accountability, and the regions that the people held accountable were from; analyzed the current state of the CEPI accountability system in terms of the regional and batch differences in the accountability degree; and investigated whether the CEPI accountability system promoted environmental quality by using SPSS 10.00. The study discovered that, first and foremost, the CEPI system’s scientific level has gradually improved, and the CEPI has been more precise in its accountability targets. Second, the CEPI enhances environmental quality, and significantly impacts wastewater-discharge reduction. Third, the CEPI system lacks sustainability. Finally, the paper presents several recommendations for enhancing the CEPI accountability system, with a particular focus on how to make the CEPI system more sustainable.

Keywords: central environmental protection inspectorate; environmental-quality improvement; accountability system; environmental governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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