Overviews environmental and resource adjudication in China in 2021. Organized in five sections: (I) Leveraging judicial functions to guarantee the overarching cause of building a beautiful China in the new era; (II) Adhering to sound law and good governance, constantly improving the system of rules for environmental resources trials; (III) Continually guiding innovation and striving to build an environmental resources trial system with Chinese characteristics; (IV) Strengthening team building and improving environmental justice; (V) Deepening international exchanges and sharing the experience