- By 30 November 2023, the departments of ecology and environment at provincial level shall report all the submitted information for 2022 to China MEE. - From 2024, the corresponding investigation information of the previous year shall be reported to China MEE before 30 April each year.
In China, bigger focus has been placed on the treatment of new pollutants in recent years. On May 24, 2022, the Chinese General Office and the State Council officially approved and released the Action Plan of New Pollutants Treatment, which vows to improve China's new pollutants treatment capacity significantly by 2025. It stipulates that
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New pollutants refer to toxic and hazardous substances that are discharged into the environment with characteristics of biological toxicity, environmental persistence and bioaccumulation, etc. They tend to possess significant risks to the ecological environment or human health, but are usually unregulated or the existing regulation measures are insufficient. As one of the largest chemical producers in the world, it is paramount for China to strengthen the regulation of new pollutants to mitigate potential risks to the environment and human health.
