Discussion on the Necessity to Establish Dangerous Criminal of Environmental Crime

There was no clause on dangerous criminal of environmental crime in China's existing “Criminal Law. At present, it seemed impossible to effectively prevent actions that were harmful to the environment only by relying on civil, economic, administrative legal means. The result of the analysis on the change of value orientation of environmental legislation and the characteristics of environmental crime showed that the establishment of dangerous criminal of environmental crime was quite necessary. We should learn and use foreign countries' experiences in punishing environmental crimes to consummate the environmental criminal legislation in China so that the legislation in our country can meet the needs of effective punishment and environmental crime prevention.