SEA was introduced in China in 2003 by the EIA Law. However, most Chinese provinces were slow to establish their own … SEA systems. This paper reviews the Chinese SEA institutional arrangements, regulations and documents, both, at national … and at provincial levels. The paper concludes that the slow establishment of the provincial SEA systems has been caused by …

strengthen strategic environmental assessment (SEA) application in China. SEA is acknowledged by the Chinese central government …) SEA system, its legal requirements, institutional structure and procedural framework with the UK and the Canadian systems … SEA system. The conclusions point to some possible explanations for less than optimum implementation of SEA in China, and …