On March 12, 2026, the 14th National People's Congress officially adopted the Ecological and Environmental Code of the People's Republic of China. This comprehensive Code integrates and standardizes China's existing environmental regulations into a unified legal framework, and will take effect on August 15, 2026. 

Following its enforcement,  ten existing laws will be abolished:

• Environmental Protection Law 

• Environmental Impact Assessment Law

• Marine Environmental Protection Law 

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution 

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution 

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution 

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes 

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution

• Law on the Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution

• Cleaner Production Promotion Law