China Enhances Law Enforcement to Fight against Environmental Pollution

On January 10, 2022, Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for Construction of Integrated Administrative Law Enforcement Teams for Ecological and Environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as ‘Construction Plan’), which is the support document in the nationwide battle to prevent and control pollution. The Construction Plan is formulated with a general goal of greatly improving the efficiency of environmental law enforcement by 2025.