Comparing with the class action in the west countries, the representative action in Chins remains defective in function, which can not meet the need to settle the environmental disputes in China.

• 但是，与西方国家的集团诉讼制度相比，我国的代表人诉讼制度仍存在固有的功能缺陷，仍不能完全适应环境侵害纠纷之解决的需要。