Under the conditions of market economy, the market becomes the basic form of resources distribution. Being a kind of resources, the environment should followed the principles of market economy. Therefore we must use the market mechanism to protect the environment, cultivate essential environmental market, set up economy inspirit system and mobilize the principal's enthusiasm of the market to protect the environment. Just under the background, the emission trading system came into being. As the important part of the legal system of environment and economy under market economy, the emission trading not only stimulates economy, realizes the optical distribution of environment resources, and also solves the contradictions between economic development and environmental protection, facilitates a harmonious development of human, society and nature. The emission trading was first proposed by the American J. H. Dales in the"Pollution, Property and Prices"in 1968, and the American government later prescribed the emission trading in Clean Air Act, and then the emission trading was used in practice, and gained remarkable achievement. In China, the solution of the environment problems also needs the emission trading system, the rapid economic development during the past over 20 years of reform and opening to the outside world brought out the continuous deterioration of the environment, and the increasingly serious environmental problems arouse the attention of Chinese people. So, it is necessary for China to learn from American experience of the emission trading's policy and practice in the work of pollution control and environmental protection. But, the emission trading system in China should be set up gradually in accord with the situation of our country.In our country and foreign country, research on the emission trading... |