Cases / Water use · China · 2021–2022
China's ecology-oriented development pilots fund restoration with land revenue
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
94 ecology-oriented development (EOD) pilots ran in 2021–2022, with restoration financed from surrounding industry and land income. The model ties ecological repair to revenue from the land and industry around it.
What?
94 EOD pilots by 2022 financed ecological restoration from surrounding industry and land income. Zhonglun Law Firm (中伦律师事务所)
Where?
China; the pilot locations are not named in the sources reviewed.
When?
2021–2022 Zhonglun Law Firm (中伦律师事务所)
Who?
Gained
- China Development Bank — Lent 22.5 billion yuan to 25 pilots by end-2022 Zhonglun Law Firm (中伦律师事务所)
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Restoration financed by revenue from surrounding industry and land, with development bank credit and a stated goal of zero government funds. Zhonglun Law Firm (中伦律师事务所)
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Zhonglun, a Chinese law firm, reported that 94 EOD pilots ran in 2021 and 2022, and that the China Development Bank had given 22.5 billion yuan of credit to 25 pilots by the end of 2022.
Zhonglun described the model as financing ecological restoration from revenue from surrounding industry and land, with a stated goal of zero government funds.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the 94 pilots or say where they are.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what local governments and developers gain or lose from the pilots.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say how much land revenue has been raised or whether the zero-government-funds goal has been reached.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: ✓ Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Company or project
- EOD模式研究Zhonglun Law Firm (中伦律师事务所) · 2023
Connected cases
Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
- Chinese appeal court did not make chemical firms pay remediation at Changzhou China · 2016–2018
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment (Government) — here: Ministry associated with the EOD pilots; there: reported the Guigang violations