Here, we will touch on the key water-related policies and laws implemented by China’s government throughout the process of solving this issue of water scarcity in China, and these are a list of the policies.
- Circular Economy Promotion Law, January 2009
- Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, June 2008
- Decree No 35 of the State Environmental Protection Administration of the People’s Republic of China, on Promulgating the Measures for Opening the Environmental Information, May 2008
- Interim Measures of Public Participation in EIA, February 2006
- Law of the People’s Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment, September 2003
- Water Law of the People’s Republic of China, August 2002
- Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion of Clean Production, January 2003
- Soil and Water Conservation Law, June 1991
- Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, December 1989
A comprehensive text of the laws can be found here.