Regulations of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Environmental Protection

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to protect and improve the environment, prevent and control pollution and other public hazards, safeguard human health and promote the sustainable development of socialist modernization, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws and regulations, and in combination with the actual situation of this autonomous region. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to all units and individuals within the administrative area of this Autonomous Region. Article 3 Environmental protection shall follow the following principles:

(1) Environmental protection should be coordinated with economic construction and social development;

(two) prevention first, combining prevention with control, comprehensive management;

(3) the combination of resource development, utilization and protection;

(four) those who pollute the environment should bear the responsibility of governance and compensation;

(5) Overall planning, unified management and division of responsibilities;

The combination of government management and social participation. Article 4 People's governments at all levels shall incorporate environmental protection planning into the national economic and social development plan, adhere to the policy of simultaneous planning, simultaneous implementation and simultaneous development of economic and social construction and environmental construction, establish and improve the environmental protection investment guarantee mechanism, and realize the unity of economic, social and environmental benefits.

People's governments at all levels shall establish a target responsibility system for environmental protection and be responsible for the environmental quality in their own areas. Article 5 The competent department of environmental protection of the people's government at or above the county level shall exercise unified supervision and management over the environmental protection work within its jurisdiction.

Departments in charge of marine affairs, public security, transportation, railways, civil aviation, harbour superintendency agencies, fishery administration and fishing port superintendency agencies and military environmental protection departments at all levels shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, supervise and manage the prevention and control of environmental pollution.

The competent departments of land, geology, forestry, agriculture and water conservancy at all levels shall supervise and manage the protection of resources in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws. Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen publicity and education on environmental protection, popularize environmental protection knowledge and raise citizens' awareness of environmental protection.

Education, labor and other competent departments should incorporate environmental protection knowledge into teaching and training. The news, publishing, radio and television departments have the right to supervise environmental protection by public opinion and the obligation to publicize and educate. Article 7 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen and encourage the research and development of environmental protection science and technology, popularize advanced environmental protection technologies, develop environmental protection industries and improve the scientific and technological level of environmental protection. Article 8 All units and individuals have the obligation to protect the environment and prevent pollution, and have the right to participate in environmental management, and supervise, report and accuse the units and individuals that pollute and destroy the environment. Chapter II Environmental Supervision and Management Article 9 All units and individuals shall implement national and local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards.

The people's government of the autonomous region may formulate local standards for projects that are not specified in the national environmental quality standards and national pollutant discharge standards.

The people's government of the autonomous region may formulate local pollutant discharge standards that are stricter than the national standards.

Where pollutants are discharged within the jurisdiction of this autonomous region, local pollutant discharge standards shall be implemented; Where there are no local standards, the national pollutant discharge standards shall be implemented. Article 10 Local environmental quality standards and local pollutant discharge standards shall be drafted by the competent department of environmental protection of the autonomous region jointly with relevant departments, submitted to the people's government of the autonomous region for approval, promulgated by the competent department of standardization of the autonomous region, and reported to the competent department of environmental protection of the State Council for the record. Eleventh industry management department is responsible for guiding the environmental protection and pollution prevention and control work in this industry, and supervising and assessing the environmental protection and pollution prevention and control work in enterprises and institutions in this industry.

Other relevant departments should take environmental protection as an important content when formulating industry development plans and plans, and adopt preferential policies conducive to environmental protection in accordance with relevant state regulations to encourage comprehensive utilization of resources and energy. Twelfth environmental protection departments at all levels of environmental monitoring institutions, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and the autonomous region to carry out environmental monitoring. Monitoring data provided or confirmed by environmental protection departments at all levels are the basis for environmental protection supervision and management.

Environmental monitoring institutions shall implement the national technical specifications for environmental protection monitoring to ensure the scientific, effective and accurate monitoring data. If there is any dispute over the monitoring data, the environmental monitoring agency of the competent department of environmental protection at the next higher level shall make a technical ruling. Thirteenth autonomous region environmental protection departments should strengthen the supervision of environmental protection industry. Support and guide the development of environmental protection industry in conjunction with relevant departments to improve the quality and technical level of environmental protection products.

The competent department of environmental protection of the autonomous region shall participate in the formulation of quality standards for environmental protection products. Environmental protection products shall meet the quality standards of environmental protection products stipulated by the state and the autonomous region. Units that produce and sell environmental protection products shall be responsible for product quality. Article 14 The competent department of environmental protection of the people's government at or above the county level or other departments exercising the power of environmental supervision and management according to law shall have the right to conduct on-site inspections on sewage units and individual operators within their jurisdiction. The administrative law enforcement certificate shall be produced during the inspection, and the technical and commercial secrets shall be kept for the inspected units and individual operators.

Units and individual operators under inspection shall truthfully report the situation and provide necessary information, and shall not conceal, refuse or resort to deceit.