The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)
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Description
SEPA was set up as a ministry at the end of March 1998 when the National Environmental
Protection Agency (NEPA) was upgraded from a sub-ministry to a ministry and its name was
changed.
SEPA has a wide range of responsibilities a list of which can be found at http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SEPA/sepa-resp.htm
With respect to cleaner production and pollution prevention, the following responsibilities drawn from the SEPA web site are of particular interest.
- To formulate the national policy, laws and administrative regulations for the environmental impact assessment of major economic and technological policies, development planning and key economic development plans and to formulate the national environmental protection plans; to formulate and monitor the implementation of the national plan for pollution control and ecological conservation in key regions and river basins, and to organize the zoning of environmental functions of different regions.
- To coordinate and organize pollution prevention and control of key river basins at the national level; be responsible for the environmental supervision and management and administrative inspection of the environmental protection; and organize and undertake the examination of the enforcement of environmental laws and regulations at the national level.
- To formulate the national standards for environmental quality and for pollutants emission and discharge and launch them according to the relevant procedure; be responsible for filing of local environmental standards; to organize the compilation and submission of the national report on the environmental quality and the issuance of the national report on the state of the environment and to release on a regular basis the report of the environment quality of key cities and river basins; and to participate in the development of national program for sustainable development.
- To organize the development of environmental science and technology and important research projects and technical demonstration projects; to manage the national environmental management system and the certification of environmental labels; to establish and organize the implementation of the rule of accreditation for the qualification for environmental market access and to guide and promote the development of environmental industry.
- To be responsible for the environmental monitoring , statistics and information collection; to formulate the rules, regulations and specifications for environmental monitoring ; to organize the construction and management of the national network of environmental monitoring and of environmental information; to organize the monitoring of the environmental quality and the supervisory monitoring of the pollution sources at the national level; to organize, supervise and coordinate the environmental education, publicity and publication and to promote the participation of the public and non-governmental organizations in the environmental protection.
State Environmental Protection Administration
(SEPA)
Contact: Ms Wang Ji, Division Chief, Department of Pollution Control, SEPA
115 Xizhimenei Nanxiaojie, Beijing 100035, P.R. China
Tel: 86-10-66159811 Fax: 86-10-66151762
email: qianyong@public.bta.net.cn
SEPA
Sites
Web site: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SEPA/index.htm
Newsletters: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SEPA/newsletter/index.htm
Organization Chart: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SEPA/sepa-chart.htm
Senior Officials: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/english/SEPA/sepa-leaders.htm
ŠNDRC 2000-2006