Notice of RetractionObstacles and countermeasures for public participation in environment decision-making in China

Notice of Retraction

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With the change of social structure brought about by the transformation of our society and the awakening of public awareness of their rights, governments must promote public participation in environment decision-making. Orderly public participation is the basis and guarantees to promote environment decision-making more scientific and democratic. But many realistic obstacles such as our traditional institutional, political and cultural environment, lack of the systems, lack of public capacity for participation hinder public participation in environment decision-making. Therefore, china should take measures to promote public participation in environment decision-making: change idea of environment decision-making, perfect the design of the law and system, increase public ability for participation and attach importance to the effect of the civil environment organization.