| Summary: | China in the few last decades has undergone a rapid economic transformation.
Establishment of Special Economic Zones in the late 70 was a major key point in this
transformation. A massive industrial progress in those SEZs including Shenzhen, has led the
rise of China�s economic power. But it also comes with a prize of environmental degradation.
Shenzhen as a lead and model city in environmental protection have to change its regulation
and strategy to tackle this new challenge. Using Ecological Modernization Theory we can see
how Shenzhen government, enterprise, and civil society together gone through environmental
reform toward more sustainable development. Decentralization and flexibility of Shenzhen�s
government is important factor in Ecological Modernization Theory, along with
technological innovation, and changing role of enterprise & civil society. Environmental
reformation in Shenzhen is far from perfect but it is still transforming and developing, despite
all of the obstacles.
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