Environmental Law Codification in China Paradigm Change in Environmental Legislation

Dr Xiaobo Zhao is a senior lecturer in law at the School of Law and Justice, the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ). He received Master of Laws degree from the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University in 2008; and PhD degree in law from Western Sydney University (WSU) in 2012. Prior to joining UniSQ, he worked as a lecturer in law at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He has been teaching across a range of law subjects including environmental law, Australian Tort Law, Water Resource Law, and Research Projects on sustainable development. He is specialised in Chinese environmental law, comparative environmental law, contaminated land law and torts. He has authored (co-authored) the following law books: Contemporary Australian Tort Law (2nd ed) by Cambridge University Press in 2024; Foreign Environmental Law (with Shuyi, Wang et al), by the China Social Sciences Press in 2023; Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China (with Xi Wang, Noeleen McNamara), by Springer in 2023; Developing an Appropriate Contaminated Land Regime in China (2ed), by Springer in 2019; On contaminated land legislation in Japan, by the Law Press China in 2018.

Prof Noeleen McNamara is a professor in law at the School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Australia. Professor Noeleen McNamara has taught and written in the area of environmental law, especially mining and natural resources law, for over 20 years. Recent publications: Mark Butlin, Noeleen McNamara, Law and Ethics for Australian Teachers, Cambridge, 2021; Noeleen McNamara and Lynda Crowley-Cyr, Contract Law, LexisNexis, 2023; 'Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China', was published by Springer in 2023. 

Prof Gu Gong is a professor with tenure in environmental law in the Law School of Peking University, China. He is the `Peking University Boya Young Scholar', and the deputy of Secretary-General of the Environmental Resources Law Research Association, Chinese Law Society; he is also the Deputy Chair of the Environmental Law Branch of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences. His research interests include environmental resource law, ecological civilization theory, and public interest litigation. 

Dr Kaijie Wu is an assistant professor of Law at the Law School of Peking University, China. Dr Wu has held the position of postdoctoral researcher at the Peking University Law School since July 2019. He earned his PhD in environmental law from the Renmin University of China in 2019. His PhD dissertation focused on the harmonization and codification of Chinese environmental law. He also has an S.J.D. degree at the University of Michigan Law School. His recent publications focus on the codification of environmental law, environmental regulation, protected areas law, and environmental public interest litigation. He has edited (co-edited) the following books: Essentials of the Codification of Chinese Environmental Law (Law Press, 2023); and Compendium of Legal Documents for the Codification of Environmental Law (Law Press, 2022).