Chinese-Style Environmental Governance：Performance Evaluation， Responses to the Public and Institutions
Tu Zhengge1 Zhou Xingyu2 Wang Kun1
1.School of Economics and Business Administration， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079；2.School of Public Policy and Management， Tsinghua University， Beijing 100084
Abstract：This paper tries to unlock the “black box” of the mode of local environmental governance in China and figure out its mechanisms. Developing the model combining the government， enterprises and the public together on local environmental governance， and using panel data from China’s 30 provinces from 2000 to 2015， we examine the effects of relative performance evaluation， institutions and public participation on local governments’ environmental governance. We find that the local government’s environmental governance pattern under the political championship has been modified since environmental performance is included in the promotion assessment of officials. After 2006， the supporting effect of economic performance on environmental governance investment gradually exceeded the crowding effect， and the pressure effect and incentive effect of environmental performance on environmental governance investment coexist. Public participation， to some extent， contributes to the local environmental governance， professional and orderly channels are more effective. The improvement of institutions including the rules of markets and the laws can significantly decrease the number of people working in the environmental sectors. In short， the performance evaluation directly related to the promotion of officials is still the key to China’s environmental governance， and the orderly participation of the public and the construction of the rule of law on the market are the guarantee of long-term stability in environmental governance.
涂正革 周星宇 王 昆. 中国式的环境治理：晋升、民声与法治[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2021, 60(2): 44-60.
Tu Zhengge Zhou Xingyu Wang Kun. Chinese-Style Environmental Governance：Performance Evaluation， Responses to the Public and Institutions. journal1, 2021, 60(2): 44-60.
2021, Vol. 60 
