Public Private Partnership as a Tool to Improve Environmental Protection at the Local Management Level of China: Experience, Problems, Areas for Improvements

Abstract

At present, China's environmental situation is very severe, and the discharge of pollutants has approached or exceeded the environmental capacity. Traditional environmental governance methods can no longer effectively solve the problem of environmental pollution. However, the use of the public private partnership (PPP) model in the field of ecological environment can effectively solve the disadvantages of the traditional governance model, such as large funding gaps, poor management and control capabilities, and high operating costs. The application of the PPP model in the field of ecological environment is conducive to comprehensively improving the quality and efficiency of the supply of public products and services of the ecological environment, revitalizing existing assets, and broadening environmental protection investment and financing channels. In the environmental field, the scope and scale of public-private cooperation have begun to expand. The application of the PPP model for environmental governance is an innova-tive management tool for local governments in China to perform environmental functions.