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Xiping chemical plant also known as more than 1700 villagers from Pingnan in Fujian v. Fujian Rongping Chemicals

Country/Territory
China
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Apr 15, 2005
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Ningde Intermediate People’s Court
Seat of court
Ningde City, Fujian Province
Judge
Zheng Zhiqiang; Wu Jialin; Xu Liangzhong
Reference number
No. 1 (2003), First Instance, Civil Division, Ningde [ (2003) 宁民初字第1号]
Language
Chinese
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Hazardous substances Waste management Sustainable use Resource/damage valuation Air quality/air pollution
Abstract

In this case, the plaintiffs are a collective of villagers from Xiping, Houlong and Xiadi villages complaining that the Rongping chemical factory was responsible for, environmental degradation, crop damages and for an increased in the number of cancer in the region.

In 2002 the case was brought in front of the Nindge Intermediate People’s Court. The plaintiffs required that the court order the Fujian Rongpings Chemicals to close its factory, clean the side and nearby ecosystems and compensate the damages made to their crops and their health. The court ruled that the causality link between the pollution and the damages was established and followed the demands of the plaintiffs ordered the closure of the factory and the compensation of the villager. An appeal was brought in front of the Higher Court who upheld the judgement of the Nindge Intermediate People’s Court.

(Contribution: Case provided by Professor Tianbao QIN, Tang HE, and Han GAO, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China)

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