This Law provides for the prevention and control of air pollution and for the protection and improvement of the living and ecological environment. The Law consists of 66 articles divided into 7 Chapters: General provisions (I); Supervision and management of the prevention and control of air pollution (II); Prevention and control of air pollution caused by coal combustion (III); Prevention and control of pollution caused by emission from motorized vehicles and vessels (IV); Prevention and control of pollution of waste gases, dusts and malodorous substances (V); Legal liabilities (VI); Supplementary provisions (VII). The environmental protection department of the State Council shall establish national air quality standards and national air pollutant emission standards. Units that emit air pollutants into the air shall report to and register with their local environmental protection department their existing emitting and treatment facilities for pollutants and the quantities and concentrations of pollutants under their normal operating conditions. The State shall adopt economic and technological policies beneficial to the clean utilization of coal, encourage and support the use of high quality coal that has low sulphur and ash contents and support the development of clean coal technologies. The State shall encourage the production of motorized vehicles and vessels that use clean energy resources.
Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution.