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title: "central ecological environmental inspection — Definition"
description: "Central ecological environmental inspection is a CCP-led audit mechanism that ensures environmental accountability across China's provinces and ministries."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Central ecological environmental inspection is a Chinese Communist Party-led top-down audit mechanism that dispatches central teams to provinces and ministries to enforce environmental-protection accountability.
- What legal instrument governs central ecological environmental inspection?
- What is the 'look-back' (回头看) inspection?
- How does this mechanism differ from ordinary environmental enforcement?
- What is a common criticism of the inspection system?

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