Moves Afoot to Subdue Smog

正SMOG has been the bane of Chinese people’s lives in recent years.But as Premier Li Keqiang recently announced to the nation and the entire international community,China is to declare war on pollution.Although fraught     

Is China Losing its Appeal to Foreign Capital?

正CHINA,as an emerging economy,has experienced slowing economic growth since 2013.For the fi rst eight months of 2014,foreign direct investment(FDI)into non-financial sectors edged down 1.8percent from the same period in 2013.Certain domestic and overseas media have come to the conclusion that the frenzied infl ux of foreign capital into China is cooling down.But     

《京都议定书》框架下促进我国企业履行环境责任的思考

<京都议定书>是各成员国为应对全球变暖达成温室气体减排承诺的环境协议,我国作为发展中国家在<京都议定书>谈判的第三阶段将面临减排的压力,温室气体减排主要取决于相关行业的发展和企业环境责任的承担情况.企业的环境责任作为企业承担社会责任的组成部分,在理论上刚刚兴起.培育企业环境责任意识,完善企业环境责任理论,探索企业环境责任承担相应机制以实现企业的经济效益增长与社会环境效益的双赢.     

The impact of plurilateral trade agreements on developing countries – to participate or not to participate?

In the wake of the impasse in the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks, sector-specific plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs) have been gaining traction. However, PTAs mostly appeal to developed countries, with the uptake among developing countries (including least-developed countries) being very limited. This article investigates the factors contributing to such a phenomenon, whether there is indeed merit in developing countries playing a more active role in PTAs and how they might be encouraged to do so. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted with specific attention being given to the effects, on a selection of developing countries, of participation in four PTAs: the Trade in Services Agreement, the Government Procurement Agreement, the Environmental Goods Agreement and the Information Technology Agreement II. Among the findings was that although, according to the qualitative analysis, policymakers are generally disinterested in the four PTAs because they are not aligned to the countries’ economic interests or they threaten policy space, the quantitative analysis revealed that gains could often be made from more active participation in these agreements. This clearly points to a research gap and highlights the need for more in-depth analysis of the potential of PTAs in the developing world.     

略论中国生态文明的发展战略

生态文明突出生态的重要,强调尊重和保护环境,实现人与自然的和谐、人与人之间的和谐。中国的生态文明发展战略必须以马克思的物质变换理论为指导。在现代化建设中必须实施可持续发展战略,消除物质变换的裂缝。建立生态示范区和建设生态工业园是倡导循环经济实现可持续发展的中国生态文明发展战略的具体实践。促进碳交易、发展低碳经济和碳减排是中国生态文明发展战略的新进展。     

内幕交易犯罪法律问题研究及其立法完善的思考

内幕交易犯罪严重扰乱证券交易市场的正常秩序,对内幕交易的主体、内幕交易的主观方面和客观行为的认定,我国立法还存在着一定的疏漏和不完善的地方。对内幕交易的行为主体应增加相应的范围,泄露内幕信息罪主观方面可以由过失构成,内幕信息的知悉人建议他人买卖证券情节严重的行为应纳入刑法调整的范围。     

气候变化治理技术方案之中国路径

通过从经济与财政可能性、政治伦理可行性、技术和行政操作可行性三个方面将诸多零散的碳税和碳排放交易的利弊分析进行梳理和系统化,碳排放交易的现实可行性和优势得以显现。同时,通过对欧盟和美国碳排放市场建设历史经验的纵向分析和现状的横向比较,强制性碳排放市场的重要意义和碳排放市场建设渐进主义的优势得以体现。藉此,结合我国排污交易的历史经验与最新的政策法律导向,构建渐进主义原则下碳排放市场发展的法律主线和具体制度方案值得尝试。中国应在循序渐进地扩大碳排放交易主体和范围的基础上,通过不断修正市场激励、交易和辅助机制,逐步完善碳排放市场的内在交易机理并实现与国际气候治理机制的衔接,成为未来气候治理的领导者。     

Carbon Flows between the EU and Eastern Europe: Baselines, Scenarios and Policy Options

We develop baseline data and an analytical framework for understanding the role that flows of carbon between the Former Soviet Union/Commonwealth of Independent States (FSU/CIS) and the European Union (EU) may have in enabling the EU to meet major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the medium-term future. The paper sets out an analysis of contemporary flows of carbon between the EU, EU Candidate Countries and the FSU/CIS, and outlines two scenarios for investigating how flows may develop in the future under different assumptions about climate and energy policy. The 'trading' scenario assumes unconstrained trade in tangible (mainly gas) and intangible (tradable emissions permits) flows of carbon from the FSU/CIS to the EU. The 'autonomy' scenario assumes limits to carbon flows and a subsequent requirement for high levels of domestic de-carbonisation in the EU (e.g. energy efficiency and indigenous energy sources). We conclude that neither scenario is feasible or desirable, but that even a combined approach, which sees trade complemented by tough domestic action, still requires far greater efforts than are currently planned.     

析侵犯商业秘密罪之界定

市场经济的建立,科技人员的合理流动,在市场竞争中,商业秘密的价值日益体现。加强对商业秘密的保护, 并运用刑罚手段保障是必然趋势,本文试从商业秘密的界定角度,阐述侵犯商业秘密罪的界定。     

新世纪中国涉外税收立法面临的挑战与对策

面对WTO规则给中国涉外税法带来的冲击、网络贸易给税收执行带来的新课题、立法对于转让定价的外延设定过小、对避税行为缺乏法律制约等因素的存在,从多视角对我国涉外税收政策面临的严峻挑战进行评析,进而对如何调整我国涉外税收立法价值取向进行了探讨。