Monitoring in China

China's rapid industrialization has substantially increased pollution. China has some relevant regulations: the 1979 Environmental Protection Law, which was largely modelled on U.S. legislation. But the environment continues to deteriorate.[5] Twelve years after the law, only one Chinese city was making an effort to clean up its water discharges.[6] This indicates that China is about 30 years behind the U.S. schedule of environmental regulation and 10 to 20 years behind Europe.