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37 Chinese L. & Gov't 24 (2004)
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution

handle is hein.journals/chinelgo37 and id is 226 raw text is: Chinese Law and Government, vol. 37, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 24-38. @ 2004 M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 0009-4609 / 2004 $9.50 + 0.00. Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Amended 2000) Adopted on September 5, 1987, amended on August 29, 1995, revised on April 29, 2000 and effective on September 1, 2000 Chapter I. General Provisions Article 1. This law is formulated for the purpose of preventing and controlling atmospheric pollution, protecting and improving people's environment and the ecological environment, safeguarding human health, and promoting the sustain- able development of the economy and society. Article 2. The State Council and the local people's governments at various levels shall incorporate the protection of the atmospheric environment into the national economic and social development plans, make rational plans for the geographical distribution of industry, improve scientific research in the prevention and control of atmospheric pollution, and adopt measures to prevent and control atmospheric pol- lution, in order to protect and improve the atmospheric environment. Article 3. The State takes measures to control or gradually reduce, in a planned way, the total amount of the major atmospheric pollutants discharged in different areas. The local people's governments at various levels shall be responsible for the quality of the atmospheric environment within the areas under their jurisdiction, making plans and taking measures to ensure that the quality of the atmospheric environment within the said areas meet the standards. Article 4. The administrative departments for environmental protection under the people's governments at or above the county level shall exercise unified super- vision over the prevention and control of atmospheric pollution. The administrative departments for public security, transportation, railways and fisheries at various levels shall perform their respective functions in conducting The Air Pollution Control Law, 2000, in Laws of the People's Republic of China (2000), (Beijing: Law Press, 2001), pp. 31-49. 24

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