This work analyses and interprets Chinese managers' perceptions of environmental management and regulatory enforcement practices in Chinese enterprises. Most importantly, it identifies the bottlenecks to environmental protection in Chinese firms, and presents a roadmap of how they can be overcome.

Lu Wei, Fang Zhaoben, Ulrich Steger

Foreword Axel Hebel, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Office, Beijing 1. Executive summary 2. Survey research: managers' views on environmental legislationand management 3. Recommendations for the development of training materials and programmes on environmental management 4. Two case studies Appendix 1: The seven hypotheses Appendix 2: Distribution of the questionnaire sample Appendix 3: Distribution of the interview sample Appendix 4: Questionnaire Appendix 5: Statistical model used Appendix 6: Response variables and factor clusters used for data analysis Appendix 7: Interview questions and guidelines Appendix 8: Recategorised data Appendix 9: Data analysis: models and tables Appendix 10: Interview analysis