PRC Ecological and Environmental Code

PRC Ecological and Environmental Code

(Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress on March 12, 2026)

Table of Contents

Book One General Provisions

Chapter I Basic Provisions

Chapter II Supervision and Administration

Section I Supervision and Administration System and Working Mechanism

Section II Supervision and Administration Systems

Chapter III Planning and Eco-Environmental Zoning Management

Chapter IV Standards and Monitoring

Chapter V Eco-Environmental Impact Assessment

Section I General Provisions

Section II Eco-Environmental Impact Assessment of Plans

Section III Eco-Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction Projects

Chapter VI Ecological Protection Compensation

Chapter VII Response to Emergent Eco-Environmental Incidents

Chapter VIII Safeguard Measures

Chapter IX Information Disclosure and Public Participation

Book Two Pollution Prevention and Control

Part One General Rules

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Pollutant Discharge Permit Management

Part Two Air Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter III General Provisions

Chapter IV Air Pollution Prevention and Control Measures

Section I Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Coal Combustion and Other Energy Sources

Section II Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Industry

Section III Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Motor Vehicles, Vessels, etc.

Section IV Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Fugitive Dust

Section V Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Agriculture and Other Sources

Chapter V Joint Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Key Areas

Chapter VI Response to Heavy Air Pollution Weather

Part Three Water Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter VII General Provisions

Chapter VIII Water Pollution Prevention and Control Measures

Section I Industrial Water Pollution Prevention and Control

Section II Urban Water Pollution Prevention and Control

Section III Agricultural and Rural Water Pollution Prevention and Control

Section IV Vessel-Source Water Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter IX Protection of Drinking Water Sources and Other Special Water Bodies

Chapter X Water Pollution Prevention and Control in Key River Basins

Part Four Marine Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XI General Provisions

Chapter XII Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources

Chapter XIII Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Engineering and Construction Projects

Chapter XIV Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Waste Dumping

Chapter XV Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Vessels

Part Five Soil Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XVI General Provisions

Chapter XVII Soil Pollution Prevention

Chapter XVIII Risk Management and Remediation of Soil Contamination

Section I General Requirements

Section II Risk Management and Remediation of Agricultural Land Soil Contamination

Section III Risk Management and Remediation of Construction Land Soil Contamination

Part Six Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XIX General Provisions

Chapter XX Pollution Prevention and Control of Industrial Solid Waste

Chapter XXI Pollution Prevention and Control of Household Waste

Chapter XXII Pollution Prevention and Control of Construction Waste, Agricultural Solid Waste, etc.

Chapter XXIII Pollution Prevention and Control of Hazardous Waste

Part Seven Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XXIV General Provisions

Chapter XXV Industrial Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XXVI Construction Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XXVII Transportation Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XXVIII Social Life Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

Part Eight Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control

Chapter XXIX General Provisions

Chapter XXX Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution from Nuclear Facilities

Chapter XXXI Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution from Nuclear Technology Utilization

Chapter XXXII Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution from the Development and Utilization of Uranium (Thorium) Mines and Associated Radioactive Mines

Chapter XXXIII Prevention and Control of Radioactive Waste Pollution

Part Nine Risk Control of Chemical Substance Pollution, Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Pollution Prevention

Chapter XXXIV Risk Control of Chemical Substance Pollution

Chapter XXXV Electromagnetic Radiation Pollution Prevention

Chapter XXXVI Light Pollution Prevention

Book Three Ecological Protection

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Ecosystem Protection

Section I Forests

Section II Grasslands

Section III Wetlands

Section IV Seas and Islands

Section V Rivers and Lakes

Section VI Deserts

Chapter III Protection and Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources

Section I Land Resources

Section II Mineral Resources

Section III Water Resources

Section IV Fishery Resources

Section V Other Natural Resources

Chapter IV Species Protection

Section I Wildlife Protection

Section II Wild Plant Protection

Section III Prevention and Control of Invasive Alien Species

Chapter V Protection of Key Geographical Units

Section I Protected Natural Areas

Section II Key River Basins and Regions such as the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Chapter VI Prevention and Control of Ecological Degradation

Section I Water and Soil Conservation

Section II Desertification Prevention and Control

Chapter VII Ecological Restoration

Book Four Green and Low-Carbon Development

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Developing Circular Economy

Section I General Provisions

Section II Cleaner Production

Section III Waste Recycling

Section IV Green Consumption

Chapter III Energy Conservation and Green and Low-Carbon Transition

Section I General Provisions

Section II Energy Conservation

Section III Green and Low-Carbon Energy Transition

Chapter IV Addressing Climate Change

Section I General Provisions

Section II Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality

Section III Adaptation to Climate Change

Section IV International Cooperation

Book Five Legal Liability and Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions on Legal Liability

Section I General Provisions

Section II Subjects of Liability

Section III Imposition of Liability

Chapter II Specific Provisions on Legal Liability

Section I Violations of Eco-Environmental Monitoring and Management Provisions

Section II Violations of Eco-Environmental Impact Assessment Management Provisions

Section III Violations of Pollutant Discharge Permit Management Provisions

Section IV Violations of Air Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section V Violations of Water Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section VI Violations of Marine Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section VII Violations of Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section VIII Violations of Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section IX Violations of Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section X Violations of Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control Provisions

Section XI Violations of Provisions on Risk Control of Chemical Substance Pollution, Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Pollution Prevention

Section XII Violations of Ecological Protection Provisions

Section XIII Violations of Green and Low-Carbon Development Provisions

Section XIV Other Illegal Acts

Chapter III Supplementary Provisions

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