Comparative study on pollutant discharge permitting system between China and Sweden

The pollutant discharge permitting system in Sweden has achieved good effect thus gained much high international attention.From 80's of the 20th Century,China began the research in the application of permitting system in specific areas.For the case of contradiction between the environmental and the economic benefits,the implementation of permitting system was facing many obstacles,and the construction of the system was far behind practical requirements.In the context,the successful experience of permitting system application in Sweden was introduced,the relevant problems existed in permitting system application in China were analyzed,finally the suggestion for breakthrough present bottleneck in China was provided.