What CCICED policy recommendations have been the most valuable to Chinese leaders and environmental managers?
DD: I talked about the importance of connecting the hip bone to the thigh bone, in relation to how policy functions and operates. One of the things that I had in mind was the financial reality that companies face in relation to complying with laws. If on one hand you have the government saying, “You must do what I say in terms of controlling emissions,” and on the other hand the law says that the maximum penalty for violating the regulations under the Chinese Clean Air Act is the equivalent of $25,000, the real message that you’re sending companies is, “Well, it’s really not all that important, and quite frankly, you don’t have to spend all that much time and attention.” $25,000 is an amazingly modest sum when we are thinking about emission control. One of the recommendations that we made is that they need to reform the penalty structure in China so it includes real financial consequences. When we met with the premier last November and gave him that recommendation, he made a long state
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