Profile
Dr. Yan Houfu is Associate Professor of law at Beijing Normal University. He obtained a B.A. in Law (2000-2004), a M.A. in Environmental Law (2004-2006) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Law (2006-2010) from Peking University.
Research
Publications
His recent publications include:
- Yan Houfu & Liu Xiang, “The Green Principle of General Provisions of the Civil Law and Its Limitation”, Beijing Normal University Law Review, volume 11 (2017);
- Yu Hai & Dimitri de Boer (editor-in-chief): Environmental Governance: EU's Experience and China's Practice, September 2017. (China Environmental Science Press) (as Co-author);
- Yan Houfu, “On U.S. Environmental Criminal Liability System and its Enlightenment to China”, Journal of Nanjing Tech University (Social Science Edition), issue 3 (2017);
- Yan Houfu, “Crime of Environmental Pollution: Consequential Offense or Behavioral Offense: Take the 1322 Judgements of First Instance on Crime of Environmental Pollution in 2015 as Examples”, Journal of China University of Geosciences (Social Sciences Edition), issue 4 (2017);
- “Taking the Public’s Opinion Seriously: Comments on the Article 9 of the Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Protection”, in World Environment, issue 3 (2017);
- Yan Houfu, “Between Disclosure and nondisclosure: The Conflict and Balance between Right-to-Environmental Information and Authority to Manage the Environmental Information”, Journal of Shanghai University (Social Sciences Edition), issue 2 (2017);
- Yan Houfu, “Public Participation in EIA: How Much is Enough?”, Beijing Normal University Law Review, volume 10(2016);
- Yan Houfu, ”on the Establishment of Mechanism for Watershed Ecological Compensation”, Journal of Nanjing Tech University (Social Science Edition), issue 2(2015);
- Yan Houfu, “ Comments and Analysis on the ‘Daily Penalty’ Clause of China’s New Environmental Protection Law”, Tsinghua Journal of Rule of Law, Volume 22 (2014);
- Yan Houfu & Sun Xiaopu, “Transfer or not Transfer? It is a Question: The Challenges to and Solutions for the Transfer Procedure of Suspected Environmental Pollution Criminal Cases”, Environmental Practice, volume 15, issue 03(2013);
- Zhang Jianyu, Yan Houfu & Qin Hu trans., “Selected Environmental Enforcement Cases of the U.S”, China environmental Science Press (2013);
- Yan Houfu, “On the Maritime Courts’ Jurisdiction over Trans-provincial Water Pollution Disputes”, Beijing Normal University Law Review, volume 7(2013);
- Yan Houfu, “The Plight and Future of Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making”, Beijing Normal University Economic and Environmental Law Review, volume 1(2012);
- Yan Houfu, “On the Judicial Factors Affecting the Environmental Administrative Penalty Enforcement: An Empirical Analysis”, Journal of China University of Geosciences (Social Sciences Edition) , volume 11, issue 6 (2011);
- Wang Jin, Wang Shekun & Yan Houfu, “Thirty Years of Environmental Law in China: Have We Succeeded?”, Peking University Press (2011);
- Wang Jin & Yan Houfu, “Barriers and Solutions to Better Environmental Enforcement in China”, 9th International Conference held by International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Proceedings, 24 July 2011, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada;
- Yan Houfu, “The Achievements and Prospects of The Environmental Legal System during the 11th Five-year Plan”, World Environment, issue 6 (2010);
- Wang Jin, Huang Jiazhen & Yan Houfu, “Reflections of the Transboundary Pollution Damage of Songhua River Water Pollution Incident”, Tsinghua Forum of Rule of Law, issue 1 (2010);
- Yan Houfu &Wang Shekun trans., “Pollution and Property: Comparing Ownership Institutions for Environmental Protection”, Beijing: Peking University Press (2009);
- Wang Jin, Wang Shekun & Yan Houfu, “Resisting Invasive Alien Species: Comparison and Choice of Legal Regulation Models—A Study on the IAS Legislation of China”, Beijing: Peking University Press (2009);
- Wang Jin, Zhang Yan & Yan Houfu, “The Barriers to Environmental Enforcement: A report of the questionnaire survey on the Staff of Environmental Protection Agencies”, Environmental Law in China, volume (2008) (2009);
- Wang Jin, Huang Jiazhen & Yan Houfu, “Reflections from Transboundary Pollution of Songhua River”, in Faure & Song Ying (eds.), China and International Environmental Liability: Legal Remedies for Transboundary Pollution, Edward Elgar, 2008;
- Wang Yu & Yan Houfu, “The Magic Stick of Power and the Punitive Ruler of Law: Administrative Discretion, Judicial Review and Public Rights in Massachusetts et al v. Environmental Protection Agency et al”, World Environment, issue 6 (2008);
- Yan Houfu, “The Identification of ‘Force Majeure’in Environmental Torts”, China Environmental and Natural Resources Law Review, volume 2007 (2008);
- Yan Houfu, “Can be Better, but Never the Best: Book Review of ‘Pollution and Property: Comparing Ownership Institutions for Environmental Protection’”, Legal Book Review, issue 6 (2008);
- Yan Houfu, “Protecting the Environment during Wartime: Is It Possible and How Could It Be Possible? ---On the Deficiency and Improvement of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Convention and the ENMOD”, Environmental and Resources Law Review, volume 7 (2007);
- Wang Jin & Yan Houfu, “On the Establishment of Daily Penalty in the Environmental Law of China”, Legal Science, issue 12 (2007);
- Yan Houfu, “Don’t Follow the Same Old Disastrous Road: the Legislation and Enforcement Problems of Rural Environmental Protection in New Rural Construction”, San Nong Zhong Guo, issue 10 (2007);
- Yan Houfu, “On the Establishment of Standing of Environmental Public Interest Suit: Expanding the Scope of “Lawful Rights and Interests”or Establishing the Standing of Natural Objects”, Peking University Law Review, volume 8, issue 1 (2007);
- Yan Houfu, “The Judgment of Sierra Club v. Morton”, World Environment, issue 6 (2006);
- Wang Jin, Yan Houfu & Sun Xiaopu trans, “Environmental Justice: For Whom the Bell Tolls?—Collection of Classic Environmental Cases from the U.S Federal Courts”, Beijing: Peking University Press (2006); and
- Yan Houfu, “Should Force Majeure Be the Exception of the Liability of Environmental Pollution Damage?”, Journal of China University of Geosciences (Social Sciences Edition), volume 5, issue 5 (2005).
Yan Houfu’s recent Research Reports include:
- Environmental Criminal Liability in the U.S., December 2016. (Sponsored by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China);
- Research Report on China’s Environmental Pollution Crime in 2015, September 2016. (Sponsored by the Beijing Office of Environmental Defense Fund); and
- Evaluation and Policy Recommendation to Environmental Justice in China, July 2015. (One of the China-EU Environmental Governance Program’s serials reports).