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| 2000 || || General || Policy || The Seed Law is enacted.<ref name="Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China"/>
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| 2001 || December 11 || Background || Policy || China joins the {{w|World Trade Organization}}. Since then, manufacturing quickly starts to expand. As a consequence, emissions emissions in the country spike.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wonacott |first1=Peter |title=China Formally Enters The WTO on Tuesday |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1008010719257340800 |website=wsj.com |accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2002 || || General || Policy || A new Environmental Impact Assessment Law is amended.<ref name="Regulating Land and Pollution in China: Lawmaking, Compliance, and Enforcement : Theory and Cases"/><ref name="Regulating Land and Pollution in China: Lawmaking, Compliance, and Enforcement : Theory and Cases"/>
