The Legal Study On Emission Trading System

Economic growth is the necessary result of social development, whiledeveloping economy consequentially causes environmental problem. Environmentand the economy are interrelated contradictory combined. With China’s economicdevelopment, the problem of environmental pollution is increasingly serious. How toeffectively protect the environment and control pollution becomes a pressing issue ofChina’s economic development.At present, under the guidance of sustainable development, governments paymore attention to typical market-based environmental protections. Emissions tradingsystem is an effective means. Pollution control is the key limit of sustainabledevelopment in China. Though there are some theoretical research and pilot job inemissions trading in our country. For lack of legal basis and system security, itsfunction is limited.This paper mainly uses the historical research method and empirical researchmethod. Six parts are included besides introduction and conclusion: The first partanalyzes the theoretical basis of emission trading system. The second part analyzesthe emission trading system’s emergence and development in the USA and the SO2emission trading policy sustainability analysis. The third part analyzes thedevelopment of China’s emissions trading system. The forth part analyzes Zhejiangprovince emission trading pilot. The fifth part summarizes the problems of China’slegal system of emission trading system. The sixth part of the paper gives advice andrecommendation, according to improving the legal system of our country’s emissiontrading system.