Briefly describe the definition and classification of environmental standards.

Environmental standards are stipulated in various environmental work according to the Environmental Protection Law and relevant policies in order to protect people's health, prevent and control environmental pollution, promote a virtuous cycle of ecology, rationally utilize resources and promote economic development.

China's environmental standards mainly include: environmental quality standards, pollutant discharge standards (or pollution control standards), environmental basic standards, environmental method standards, environmental standard material standards, environmental protection equipment standards and so on.

(1) environmental quality standard

(2) Pollution control standards

(3) Basic environmental standards

(4) Environmental method standard

(5) Environmental standard material standard

(6) Environmental protection instrument and equipment standard

function

Environmental standards are technical specifications formulated and approved by the state in accordance with legal procedures on the basis of comprehensive consideration of natural environmental characteristics, scientific and technological level and economic conditions in order to protect social material wealth and promote a benign ecological cycle. They are the technical embodiment of national environmental policies and the basic basis for implementing various environmental laws.

Environmental standards are one of the most important means of supervision and management, and are the basis for exercising management functions and enforcing the law. In other words, it is the basis for handling environmental disputes and evaluating environmental quality, and it is the main measure to measure pollution discharge and environmental quality.

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