Over the last few classes we have been discussing the aspects of the Chinese political structure that impacts the effectiveness of environmental reform. In the PRC the majority of these problems are related to the promotion structure inside of the CCP. As a successful party members climbs through the ranks he ascends from small localities to larger areas based on performance. Because a rising party leader only stays in one area for slightly over three years, they tend to focus on parts of the locality that can be improved rapidly and in which success is easily measured, namely, the economy. Environmental factors have long been neglected since the current promotion structure simply does incentivize actions taken in these areas mainly for two reasons. First, environmental change is a long process that any meaningful results would only occur years after reforms were put in place and most likely long after the leader who implemented them has moved on. Second is the difficulty in measuring success. Even if there was meaningful environmental improvement during the time of an individual party rep it would be very difficult to define and measure and because of this most party reps have neglected the pressing environmental issues to further self gain.