June 5, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Wu Xiaoqing said that the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection and the State Administration of Taxation is based on the relevant national policy documents, to examine the draft environmental protection tax law drafting. The main purpose is to use economic means to control corporate environmental behavior, to enable enterprises to bear the cost of environmental damage caused by pollution.

Analysts analysts believe that after the introduction of environmental taxes, high pollution and high emission enterprises invest in environmental protection will be doubled, in favor of fair competition among enterprises.

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In 2011, "National Economic and Social Development Twelfth Five-Year Plan" adopted by the NPC, "on the issuance of" second five "comprehensive energy reduction program of notification of work," the State Council issued clear that, to actively promote Environmental tax reform, choose prevention task is heavy, technical standards mature tariff introduction of environmental taxes.

"State Council on strengthening the key environmental protection work," also made clear that we must actively promote environmental tax reform, research the introduction of environmental taxes, and gradually expand the scope of the collection.

By the end of December 2011, Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Seventh National Environmental Protection Conference proposed the introduction of environmental tax for "tax clearance fee established" to promote enterprises to strengthen environmental protection has an important role, to step up research and pilot legislation.

Two sessions this year, Minister of Finance Xie clear once again, to deepen the Environmental Tax Reform. Experts generally believe that this shows that environmental tax reform country's determination and attitude has been very firm and clear.

Dean, School of Environment, Renmin University of China, said Ma, the introduction of environmental tax that the government in energy conservation, environmental protection determination, but also to some extent reflects the positive attitude of the government on environmental protection and climate change.

In fact, several years ago, it has been proposed environmental taxes, but have not been able to launch.

"To set a tax is easier said than done difficult." Finance Division unnamed expert told the "China Enterprise News" reporter, because the adjustment of taxes or tax policy adjustments involving multiple interests, including government, business, consumers. "The adjustment of this interest is the hardest thing."

In addition, "environmental protection tax also involves the development of some industries, or even related to economic growth levels, from macro, micro enterprises and individuals will be subject to different degrees of impact." The expert says.

Associate Professor, School of Environment, Renmin University of China Wu Jian put forward, in recent years the government in energy conservation, environmental governance introduced a number of measures, the conventional measures are mandatory, with the deepening of governance, management costs will gradually rise. "Twelve Five" of a higher environmental goals, which means that in the future may face higher costs. Plus the outstanding environmental issues of environmental governance gradually enter the high cost of stage requires not only to our country but also to take control of low-cost form of governance. And with such a possibility from environmental taxes in principle, that a relatively low cost to better achieve environmental protection goals.

Investment Advisor in the environmental industry researcher disc rain macro "China Enterprise News" reporter, said that environmental taxes are based on the enterprise's sewage circumstances, and is continuing, so the environmental taxes levied will urge enterprises to reduce pollution not pay tax on free emissions.

"But maybe not only legislation can be solved." Some experts believe that in order to fundamentally solve the sewage problem, implementation and supervision of the implementation is fundamental. Otherwise, spend more money, but less effective.

Forced corporate environmental

In China, the face of increasingly serious environmental pollution, to further contain and reverse industrial environmental resources obtained over the situation, it is necessary to consume environmental resources effectively solve the problem of the price is too low. In the industry view, environmental protection is not simply to increase tax revenue, but Forced enterprises to reduce production pollution of the environment, becoming leveraging its environmental corporate social responsibility lever, thus becoming part of the national environmental protection system.

It is said that environmental protection is the main direction of tax reform and other major pollutants sulfur dioxide "tax reform." According plate rain macro description, the main source of sulfur dioxide emissions in order (descending) coal-fired power plants (more than 1/3), sintering machine (such as iron, etc.), industrial processes (such as industrial boilers, industrial furnaces, etc. ); the main source of emissions of nitrogen oxides in turn (descending) coal-fired power plants (more than 800 million tons / year), motor vehicle (nearly 600 million tons / year), industrial processes (industrial boilers, industrial furnaces, ammonia, totaling more than 400 million tons / year).

"Therefore, the introduction of environmental taxes on polluting emissions more, more large energy industry influence relatively large number, such as thermal power, steel, chemical, petrochemical, cement." Disc rain macro representation.

"Big and little influence, the core issue is how to set the tax rate." The experts said that the level of tax rates, the impact on the industry is very different. "From feasibility point of view, when starting from a low tax levy, it may be more realistic, and then step by step to complete the adjustment."

"Green tax burden level can be adjusted between different enterprises, changing the burden of the difference between the original polluters and non-polluters among some companies to avoid pollution by means not to get the cost advantage." The experts believe that, in this sense, said that the introduction of green taxes in favor of fair competition among enterprises.

In fact, environmental tax levy will increase business for the importance of energy saving, encourage enterprises to increase investment in energy saving and emission reduction. Rain macro plate, said at the same time, also increased the financial burden of enterprises, in particular, high pollution and high emission enterprises, this is conducive to the promotion of high pollution and high emission enterprises to speed up transformation and upgrading.

"After the introduction of environmental taxes, high pollution and high emission enterprises invest in environmental protection will be doubled." Disc rain macro view, the current government to increasing environmental requirements, the entire environmental protection industry will increasingly benefit from the capital market environmental sector will also draw for investors. Relative downturn in the global economy, environmental taxes will undoubtedly start to increase to some extent, cost pressures, but this is more inspired enterprises to implement energy conservation determination, conducive to the sound development of the industry.

According to the Academy of Social Sciences released "Economic Blue Book Spring number" that the Chinese to complete the 2020 emission reduction targets, must include building environmental tax system, including a variety of measures.

According to the National Environmental Protection "second five" plan, "second five" China's environmental protection investment will reach 3.1 trillion yuan, representing an investment of "Eleventh Five-Year" period increased 1.54 trillion yuan by 121%, the average annual growth rate of 24.2%. With the national policies favorable investment speed of the east, the future of China's environmental protection industry is expected to enter a golden period of development.