Abstract: China's current environmental law is based on administrative divisions and focuses on point-source pollution control,contrary to the integrity of the regional environment,resulting in clusters of cross-jurisdiction environmental problems,about which scholars are increasingly concerned.While the current relevant literatures is overwhelmingly about legal causation of the problems,legislative and system reform,cross-jurisdictional co-enforcement mechanism of environmental law.The cross-jurisdiction environmental dispute settlement mechanism is neglected to some extent.Environmental law research should urgently pay attention to the regional nature of the environment;strengthening the procedure aspects of regional environmental law,highlighting the value of justice for final judgment;respecting the environmental rights and interests of residents and protecting and making play of their initiative;guiding the current practice of inter-jurisdictional environmental cooperation to rule of law.

Key words: regional environment, rule of law, research