China’s synergy in the implementation of international conventions on chemicals and waste

The international environmental conventions have become the main effective ways to solve the global environmental issues, which are also the most active convention mechanisms in the world. This paper studies development trend and the implementation of the international environmental conventions on chemicals and wastes in China, such as Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention and Minamata Convention. Based on the Multilateral Synergy of International Conventions on Chemicals and Wastes, gaps and needs of the management of chemicals and wastes in China, this article put forward proposals for China to implement the coordinated development of these four conventions in the future..