On March 18, 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the official version of the General Principles of Technical Guidelines for Eco-environmental Health Risk Assessment.

With an ultimate aim of protecting the public health, the General Principles is positioned as a master plan guiding the institutional framework for eco-environmental health risk assessment. Following the principle of ensuring “scientific, tiered, discreet, and transparent” practices, it provides general principles, procedures, content, methodology and technical requirements for eco-environmental health risk assessment.