This paper discusses the duties of environmental regulators by law, according to the judicial interpretation of the Supreme People＇s Court and the Supreme People＇s Procuratorate about malfeasance. Firstly, it states the main content of the inter- pretation about nine aspects of conviction and sentencing on crimes of malpractice, identifying, concepts of fraud, dereliction of duty, malfeasance and so on. It focuses on the application of the interpretation about definition, subject and prescription of four crimes which are dereliction of duty, ...
