Dataset for thesis entitled The Role, Burden, and Capture of Regulatory Intermediaries: NGOs in China’s Environmental Public Interest Litigation System

In this thesis, various qualitative research methods were employed to explore the involvement of ENGOs in China’s environmental regulatory governance. The data are gathered by (1) conducting interviews with lawyers, ENGO staff, and volunteers; (2) documenting archived materials; and (3) conducting direct observation as a participant-as-observer. 

I conducted a total of 49 interviews from 2016 to 2020. I also conducted content analysis of 229 archived EPIL cases (with detailed information, including the parties, outcomes, and claims) and other supporting documents. 

Those data are included in this dataset.

在本篇论文中，研究者运用了多种定性研究方法，旨在探究中国环境监管治理中非政府组织（ENGOs）的参与情况。数据收集主要通过以下途径完成：（1）对律师、ENGO工作人员及志愿者进行访谈；（2）整理存档资料；（3）以参与者-观察者的身份进行直接观察。2016年至2020年间，我共进行了49次访谈。此外，我还对229起环境公益诉讼（EPIL）案件（包含详细的信息，如当事人、结果和主张）及其他辅助文件进行了内容分析。上述数据均包含在本数据集中。