作者：吕忠梅
作者介绍：中国法学会副会长、环境资源法学研究会会长
出版日期：2026年6月9日
内容提要 生态环境法典编纂是在习近平生态文明思想和习近平法治思想指引下的一场深刻的“术语的革命”。法典总结过去立法实践经验，重铸“生态环境”概念的内涵与外延，创造了一个独立、高阶的法律范畴，实现了三重革命性突破。在“生态环境”概念的基础上，衍生出“生态环境权益”“生态环境保护”“生态环境保护监督管理”“生态环境影响评价”“生态环境损害赔偿”“生态环境公益诉讼”等核心术语群，建立了《生态环境法典》的权利基础、保护范围、监管体制、核心制度、法律责任与救济制度及其之间严密的逻辑关系，最终以具有鲜明中国风格的叙事方式加以表达，呈现为《生态环境法典》的名称、逻辑、编纂方式、规范体系等“外观”，形成了中国自主的生态环境法话语体系。
关键词 法典编纂 术语的革命 生态环境 核心术语 自主话语体系
Abstract: The compilation of the Ecological and Environmental Code is a profound ‘revolution in terminology’ guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law. The Ecological and Environmental Code summarizes past legislative practice experience, reshapes the connotation and extension of ‘ecological environment’, creates an independent and high-level legal category, and achieves three revolutionary breakthroughs. Based on the concept of ‘ecological environment’, it derives core terminology such as ‘ecological and environmental rights’, ‘ecological and environmental protection’, ‘ecological and environmental protection supervision and management’, ‘ecological and environmental impact assessment’, ‘ecological and environmental damage compensation’, and ‘ecological and environmental public interest litigation’. It establishes the rights foundation, protection scope, regulatory system, core system, legal responsibility and remedy system of the Ecological and Environmental Code, as well as the rigorous logical relationship among them. Ultimately, it is expressed in a narrative style with a distinctly Chinese style, manifested in the ‘appearance’ of the Ecological and Environmental Code’s name, logic, compilation method, and normative system, forming China’s independent discourse system of ecological and environmental law.