摘要： 环境民事公益诉讼制度作为维护环境公共利益的有效救济措施，已获得广泛认同。但由于环境民事公益诉讼在诉讼目的、诉讼主体、诉讼功能、责任形式等方面与普通的民事诉讼具有明显的不同，因而有关环境民事公益诉讼制度的建立不仅需要在立法路径、立法模式、立法体例等方面作出选择，而且更重要的还在于对环境民事公益诉讼在原告资格、诉讼形式、滥诉限制、诉讼费用、证据规则、责任形式、判决执行等具体制度上进行不同于普通民事诉讼的创新设计。

关键词: 公益诉讼 , 环境民事公益诉讼 , 制度创新

Abstract: As one of effective relief measures for protecting environmental public interest，civil action for environmental public interest has generally acquired acknowledgement．In the light of the situation that there are many distinctions in purpose，subject，function and form of responsibilty between civil actions specially for environmental public interest and common ones，the construction of the civil action system for environmental public interest in China not only need to make decisions on the route，mode and form of legislation，but also need to place emphasis on the specific institutional innovations on qualifications of plaintiff，litigation forms，restrictions of abuse of procedural rights，litigation expenses，evidence rules，forms of responsibility，ution of adjudication and so on．

Key words: public interest action, civil action for environmental public interest, institutional innovations