Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
No. 70
The Ecological Environment Code of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the Fourth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on March 12, 2026, is hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on August 15, 2026.
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
March 12, 2026
Ecological Environment Code of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress on March 12, 2026)
Contents
Part One: General Provisions
Chapter I: Basic Provisions
Chapter II: Supervision and Administration
Section 1: Supervision and Administration System and Working Mechanism
Section 2: Supervision and Administration Systems
Chapter III: Planning and Ecological Environment Zoning Control
Chapter IV: Standards and Monitoring
Chapter V: Ecological Environment Impact Assessment
Section 1: General Provisions
Section 2: Ecological Environment Impact Assessment of Plans
Section 3: Ecological Environment Impact Assessment of Construction Projects
Chapter VI: Ecological Protection Compensation
Chapter VII: Response to Sudden Ecological Environment Incidents
Chapter VIII: Safeguard Measures
Chapter IX: Information Disclosure and Public Participation
Part Two: Pollution Prevention and Control
Subpart One: General Rules
Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Pollutant Discharge Permit Management
Subpart Two: Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter III: General Provisions
Chapter IV: Air Pollution Prevention and Control Measures
Section 1: Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Coal Combustion and Other Energy Sources
Section 2: Industrial Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Section 3: Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Motor Vehicles, Vessels, etc.
Section 4: Air Pollution Prevention and Control from Dust
Section 5: Agricultural and Other Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter V: Joint Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Key Regions
Chapter VI: Response to Heavy Air Pollution Weather
Subpart Three: Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter VII: General Provisions
Chapter VIII: Water Pollution Prevention and Control Measures
Section 1: Industrial Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Section 2: Urban Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Section 3: Agricultural and Rural Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Section 4: Vessel 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
Subpart 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 Construction Projects
Chapter XIV: Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Waste Dumping
Chapter XV: Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Vessels
Subpart Five: Soil Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XVI: General Provisions
Chapter XVII: Soil Pollution Prevention
Chapter XVIII: Soil Pollution Risk Control and Remediation
Section 1: General Requirements
Section 2: Risk Control and Remediation of Agricultural Land Soil Pollution
Section 3: Risk Control and Remediation of Construction Land Soil Pollution
Subpart Six: Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XIX: General Provisions
Chapter XX: Industrial Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXI: Domestic Waste Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXII: Construction Waste, Agricultural Solid Waste and Other Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXIII: Hazardous Waste Pollution Prevention and Control
Subpart 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
Subpart Eight: Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXIX: General Provisions
Chapter XXX: Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control for Nuclear Facilities
Chapter XXXI: Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control for Nuclear Technology Utilization
Chapter XXXII: Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control for the Development and Utilization of Uranium (Thorium) Mines and Associated Radioactive Mines
Chapter XXXIII: Radioactive Waste Pollution Prevention and Control
Subpart Nine: Chemical Substance Pollution Risk Control, Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXXIV: Chemical Substance Pollution Risk Control
Chapter XXXV: Electromagnetic Radiation Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter XXXVI: Light Pollution Prevention and Control
Part Three: Ecological Protection
Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Ecosystem Protection
Section 1: Forests
Section 2: Grasslands
Section 3: Wetlands
Section 4: Oceans, Islands
Section 5: Rivers and Lakes
Section 6: Deserts
Chapter III: Natural Resource Protection and Sustainable Utilization
Section 1: Land Resources
Section 2: Mineral Resources
Section 3: Water Resources
Section 4: Fishery Resources
Section 5: Other Natural Resources
Chapter IV: Species Protection
Section 1: Wildlife Protection
Section 2: Wild Plant Protection
Section 3: Prevention and Control of Invasive Alien Species
Chapter V: Protection of Important Geographical Units
Section 1: Protected Natural Areas
Section 2: Important River Basins and Regions such as the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Chapter VI: Prevention and Control of Ecological Degradation
Section 1: Soil and Water Conservation
Section 2: Desertification Prevention and Control
Chapter VII: Ecological Restoration
Part Four: Green and Low-Carbon Development
Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Developing a Circular Economy
Section 1: General Provisions
Section 2: Cleaner Production
Section 3: Waste Recycling
Section 4: Green Consumption
Chapter III: Energy Conservation and Green Low-Carbon Transition
Section 1: General Provisions
Section 2: Energy Conservation
Section 3: Green and Low-Carbon Energy Transition
Chapter IV: Addressing Climate Change
Section 1: General Provisions
Section 2: Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality
Section 3: Climate Change Adaptation
Section 4: International Cooperation
Part Five: Legal Liability and Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I: General Rules on Legal Liability
Section 1: General Provisions
Section 2: Liable Entities
Section 3: Liability Investigation
Chapter II: Specific Rules on Legal Liability
Section 1: Violation of Ecological Environment Monitoring Management Regulations
Section 2: Violation of Ecological Environment Impact Assessment Management Regulations
Section 3: Violation of Pollutant Discharge Permit Management Regulations
Section 4: Violation of Air Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 5: Violation of Water Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 6: Violation of Marine Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 7: Violation of Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 8: Violation of Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 9: Violation of Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 10: Violation of Radioactive Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 11: Violation of Chemical Substance Pollution Risk Control, Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Section 12: Violation of Ecological Protection Management Regulations
Section 13: Violation of Green and Low-Carbon Development Management Regulations
Section 14: Other Illegal Acts
Chapter III: Supplementary Provisions
