Through a survey on electronics manufacturers in Shenzhen-Dongguan,this paper examines the transnational impacts of two EU directives-WEEE and Rolls-on diffusion of green innovation along the global production network. Following a brief theoretical review on the impacts of globalization on environmental standards,the changing relation be- tween innovations and environmental regulations is analyzed with a special focus on the transnational issues.In the sur- vey,we investigate the overall inputs of firms to improve the environmental attributes of their products,and the diffusion of lead-free soldering technology in specific.Finally,the analysis on different aspects of the global standards concludes in the paper.