2008 is an important milestone of the development of China’s environmental legal system. A series of influential environmental laws have been produced and revised，which has not only had positive effects on the regulated environmental factors but also got rid of the obstacles and indicated a direction for the revision and improvement of many environmental legal systems in China in the future. The concept of public participation has also been advocated generally and environmental activities themselves have been the important front for the public to participate in environmental protection. However，there have been still problems in China’s environmental legal system，which has embodied in not only the blankness or deficiency of legislation but also the execution of environmental laws. Hence，less stricter legal responsibility，immature legal methods of the public participation and uncoordinated management system in environmental administration have become the important elements to limit China’s environmental legal system to work.