National People's Congress andStanding Committee of NPCThe Committee of Environmental and ResourceProtection is in charge of reviewing proposalsfor the NPC and recommending suitable andnecessary propositions to the NPC. This has greatly promoted the legislativeprocess on environment and facilitated thepromulgation of environmental protection andrelated laws.6
National People’s Congress and Standing Committee of NPC • The Committee of Environmental and Resource Protection is in charge of reviewing proposals for the NPC and recommending suitable and necessary propositions to the NPC. • This has greatly promoted the legislative process on environment and facilitated the promulgation of environmental protection and related laws. 6
Ministryof Environmental ProtectionLocal Environmental Protection AgencyAspartoftheStateCouncil,theMEP isthecentralcompetentauthorityin chargeofaffairsofenvironmental protection andmanagement,withmajorfunctionsto establishandintegrated basioenvironmental protection system,and to manage and monitorenvironmentalpollutionpreventionandcontrol
Ministry of Environmental Protection Local Environmental Protection Agency • As part of the State Council, the MEP is the central competent authority in charge of affairs of environmental protection and management, with major functions to establish and integrated basic environmental protection system, and to manage and monitor environmental pollution prevention and control. 7
The legal framework of ElA in ChinaInChina,ElAsystemisacompulsorysystemwhereElAisregulatedasa legal requirementto be compliedwith.Formorethan30 yearsthedevelopment ofthe legal systemof environmental protection inChinahas been continuously improved through practical experienceInChina,thelegalsystemofenvironmental protectionismainlycomposedoflaws,regulations,statutes,rules,environmentalstandards andinternationalcovenantsonenvironmental protection8
The legal framework of EIA in China • In China, EIA system is a compulsory system where EIA is regulated as a legal requirement to be complied with. For more than 30 years, the development of the legal system of environmental protection in China has been continuously improved through practical experience. In China, the legal system of environmental protection is mainly composed of laws, regulations, statutes, rules, environmental standards and international covenants on environmental protection. 8