Causes of Haze Pollution under the Regional Compound Environment and Legal Governance Countermeasures

With the rapid growth of the Chinese economy and the accelerated progress of industrialization and urbanization, the country’s natural resources are being developed irrationally and ineffectively, thus continuously strengthening haze pollution. Given the characteristics of haze pollution (i.e., large pollution area, many interest bodies and cross administrative regions), exploring the reasons behind haze pollution formation from the regional compound environment and regulating related legal governance countermeasures have become hot issues. This study reviews the domestic and foreign literature on the formation mechanism of haze pollution, explores the detailed reasons for haze pollution formation by analysing the collected data on haze-related environmental pollution, and proposes legal countermeasures for China’s haze pollution. Research on the main origins for haze pollution formation indicates the following: large-scale coal burning, unrestricted vehicle exhaust, major discharge from industrial pollution, and significant dust output from the architecture industry. Haze treatment-related legal measures, such as improving the legal system, specifying legal principles, and strengthening legal implementation, can realize the effective management of haze pollution. These results can function as a reference for identifying the causes of haze formation, determining the defects and shortages in haze pollution legal measures, improving China’s haze pollution prevention, and for perfecting China’s haze prevention legal rules and regulations.