BEIJING NO 4 INTERMEDIATE People's Court recently issued a preliminary injunction ordering an enterprise that is being sued for polluting the environment to halt production, which is China's first such order. Hebnews.cn comments:

In certain cases, a court issues a preliminary injunction before making its ruling when it finds the action of one of the parties involved might violate others' legal rights and interests. Such measures are common in domestic violence and intellectual property rights cases, and they are aimed at preventing further harm.

Such injunctions are also necessary in environmental cases because prevention is more effective than after-damage recovery and restoration efforts.