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

País/Territorio
China
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Apr 15, 2005
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Ningde Intermediate People’s Court
Sede de la corte
Ningde City, Fujian Province
Juez
Zheng Zhiqiang; Wu Jialin; Xu Liangzhong
Número de referencia
No. 1 (2003), First Instance, Civil Division, Ningde [ (2003) 宁民初字第1号]
Idioma
Chino
Materia
Tierra y suelos
Palabra clave
Sustancias peligrosas Gestión de desechos Uso sostenible Valoración del daño/recurso Calidad del aire/contaminación del aire
Resumen

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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