Whether the enterprises can be forced to follow, rather than impede, environmental restrictions will be a critical test of the commitment of Mr. Li andXi Jinping, the new party chief and president, to curbing the influence of vested interests in the economy.
However, there has been little assessment of the outcomes of trawling restrictions, impeding progress towards solutions.
Yet if lawyers now enjoy increasing independence, those who defend human rights are increasingly under attack, with legal restrictions impeding their ability to provide an effective defense, to champion causes that challenge local power, or to form independent bar associations.
Many homeowners are hesitant to pursue historical status with the Town of Hempstead, however, because of restrictions impeding exterior renovations, like the brick inlaid New York Yankees logo on the Prochilo chimney.
No such restrictions impede the use of these poisons in the United States.
The arts are subsidized by the government, though artistic expression is impeded by bureaucratic restrictions.
Chinese visa restrictions impede scrutiny by the press.If problems arise the rules in Hong Kong do not allow class-action lawsuits and there is almost no shareholder litigation.
The restrictions impede the entrance of new competitors into the field and hinder smaller companies from using cigarette advertising for its primary purpose, which is not to create new smokers but to capture a larger market share of existing smokers.
China's science ministry did not respond to Nature's questions about whether its restrictions impede research, or about the timing of its announcements concerning the companies that have broken the rules.
"The question is how much do these restrictions impede people's abilities to use the product.
