On The Right Of Public Participation In Environmental Protection Law

Along with the rapid development of China’s social economy and science and technology, people’s life has been significantly improved and improved. However, China’s environmental protection problem on the other hand, in the process of economic and social development is more and more outstanding. In recent years, our country environmental action in various forms of raging like a storm, the masses of environmental organizations have been established, "environmental protection" two words is also been popular, it seems that we can see, China’s participation in environmental protection work of the time has come. In today’s international community, public participation has become an important force of environmental protection indispensable. Every individual is victims of pollution, but also the maker of pollution. Environmental protection after all is the cause of the people, is the public utilities, is our own business. Need for public participation in environmental protection, also cannot do without public participation.Environmental protection into the mechanism of public participation in environmental protection trend all over the world. The construction of mechanism of public participation in environmental protection is a manifestation of democracy, the public is affected by the change of the environment and the most direct, they have the right to choose their own living environment right, no one without the consent of others and the deprivation of rights, including the rights of the next generation, not only environmental protection we are responsible for their own, is to respect and protect the right to life of generations. Public participation not only brings together many wisdom to protect the environment, reduce or avoid the occurrence of environmental pollution and the loss caused by the expression of the wishes of the public can also smooth way, dilute the anger, reduce mass incidents, maintain social stability. The right to know and the right to participate in and supervise are interrelated, a whole condition each other. No right to information, participation and supervision cannot be realized; no participation right, right to know will be greatly reduced; no supervision, the right to know is largely meaningless. Therefore, in accordance with the law to protect the citizens right to know, participation and supervision, is a basic project of a system to build a harmonious society, should be comprehensive and overall progress.