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Place of Birth: Shandong, China
About Wang Canfa
- Wang Canfa (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wáng Cà nfa) is a Chinese professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, and the founder and director of the Beijing-based Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV).
- Wang Canfa is an environmental law expert and he has participated in the drafting of many Chinese environmental regulations.
- Professor Wang has also provided environmental training to hundreds of lawyers and judges and established a network of environmental advocates in China. In 1998, Wang Canfa established CLAPV, which was the first center providing legal aid to people and communities injured by pollution throughout China.
- While Professor Wang has been director, CLPAV has received over 10,000 telephone calls on its hotline asking for assistance and handled over 100 cases.
- Professor Wang has represented as many 1,700 plaintiffs in a single action, and won a $730,000 ruling against a paper mill and chemical plant in Shandong.
- Wang Canfa has received many awards, and was recognized on Time Magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment" in October 2007.
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