Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Construction of emerging contaminants risk governance system

Cheng LI, Institute of Environmental Resources, Food and Drug Crime Governance,People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China; School of Criminology, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China Follow
Mingcheng WANG, School of National Security, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China
Chunlei LI, Institute of Environmental Resources, Food and Drug Crime Governance,People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China; School of Criminology, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China Follow

Keywords

emerging contaminants, risk governance, ecological security

Abstract

Emerging contaminants pose considerable risks to the ecological environment, human health, and social safety. The establishment of an emerging contaminants risk governance system constitutes a crucial component of the national ecological security strategy and the ecological civilization framework in the new era. When examined through the lens of the holistic view of national security and guided by the ecological civilization philosophy of the new era, China’s current efforts in managing emerging contaminants reveal several shortcomings—including a fragmented and incomplete risk management system, as well as preliminary stages in chemical environmental management policies and related technologies. Therefore, grounded in national conditions and drawing appropriately on the chemical substance control policies, environmental risk screening, and assessment technologies from the United States and the European Union, it is essential to construct a “four-in-one” integrated governance system for emerging contaminants, encompassing data and information, risk screening, risk assessment, and risk regulation to effectively advance the categorization, scientific rigor, and forward-looking capacity of emerging contaminant risk governance.

First page

509

Last Page

521

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

LI, Cheng; WANG, Mingcheng; and LI, Chunlei (2026) "Construction of emerging contaminants risk governance system," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 41 : Iss. 3 , Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.1000-3045.20240923003
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss3/8

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