The Cleaner Production Knowledge Series
Book 9: Questions and Answers for "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part 1 Questions and Answers for "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"
1 What is Cleaner Production (CP)?
2 What are the main components of cleaner production?
3 What are the measures and methods for implementing cleaner production?
4 What is the goal of cleaner production?
5 How did cleaner production come into being and develop?
6 What are the present international laws on cleaner production?
7 What is the relationship between cleaner production and sustainable development (SD)?
8 What is the difference between cleaner production and traditional end-of-pipe treatment?
9 What are the laws on cleaner production in China?
10 Why was "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" legislated?
11 Why was the law named "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"?
12 What are the main principles of "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"?
13 What is the scope of "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"?
14 Why should cleaner production be integrated into plans and programs for national economic and social development?
15 What are the main responsibilities of State Council and the relevant administrative departments in the promotion of cleaner production?
16 What are the main responsibilities of the local people's governments at or above county level in the promotion of cleaner production?
17 How does the nation encourage scientific research and technical development on cleaner production?
18 How does the nation encourage international cooperation on cleaner production?
19 How will the nation organize the dissemination of information about cleaner production and popularize cleaner production?
20 What can social groups and citizens do to popularize cleaner production?
21 What are the fiscal policies in the implementation of cleaner production?
22 What are the tax policies in the implementation of cleaner production?
23 Who is responsible to formulate plans for the popularization of cleaner production, and what are contents of the plans?
24 How do the local people's governments at or above county implement cleaner production?
25 How do the State Council and the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and the municipalities directly under the central government implement cleaner production?
26 What are the purpose, significance, and main components of the cleaner production information system?
27 What are the purpose, significance, and main components of the technical consulting and services systems?
28 What are the guidance catalogues on cleaner production technologies, processes, equipment and products, and what is their role?
29 What are industry- or region-specific cleaner production guidelines or technical manuals, and what is their purpose and significance?
30 Why will the nation implement a time-limited system for the elimination of obsolete or obsolescent production technologies, processes, equipment and products?
31 Who will issue the directory of production technologies, processes and equipment and products to be eliminated within the time limit?
32 What is the history of the product labeling system in accordance with need in the fields of environmental and resource protection such as energy conservation, water conservation, waste reuse and recycling, and who is responsible for the implementation of the product labeling?
33 What is the the purpose, significance, and role of product labeling?
34 What is the product labeling system in accordance with need in the fields of environmental and resource protection such as energy conservation water conservation, waste reuse and recycling?
35 How does an enterprise demonstrate and popularize cleaner production technologies?
36 How will relevant courses of study on cleaner production technologies and management be integrated into higher education, professional education and technical training programs?
37 How will enterprises and individuals be encouraged to use products conducive to energy and water conservation, waste reuse, environmental protection and resource conservation?
38 How will the relevant departments responsible for environmental protection in the people's governments of the various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government enhance their supervision of the process of implementation of cleaner production?
39 Why will the departments publish a list of the names of heavily polluting enterprises?
40 Who is responsible for publishing the list of the names of heavily polluting enterprises?
41 How does an enterprise implement cleaner production in new construction, construction renovation and expansion projects?
42 How does an an enterprise implement cleaner production in the course of technological upgrades?
43 How will cleaner production be implemented when products and packaging are designed?
44 On what kinds of products should enterprises place the standard label listing material composition on a main structural component of the product?
45 How will agriculture producers implement cleaner production?
46 How will enterprises providing services implement cleaner production?
47 How will construction projects implement cleaner production?
48 How will mining exploration and exploitation implement cleaner production?
49 How will the enterprises recover and utilize their own wastes or wasted heat?
50 Why has the compulsory recycling directory of products and packages been formulated, and what are its main contents?
51 What are an enterprise's responsibilities if any product or package is listed in the compulsory-recycling directory?
52 What measures will the state take for the products and packages listed in the compulsory recycling directory?
53 What is a cleaner production audit?
54 How will enterprises implement a cleaner production audit?
55 What kinds of enterprises should conduct a cleaner production audit, and who will formulate the administrative procedures for conducting cleaner production audits?
56 What is a voluntary agreement (or agreements) for further resource conservation and pollution discharge reduction?
57 How will enterprises sign a voluntary agreement (or agreements) for further resource conservation and pollution discharge reduction?
58 What is an environmental management system (EMS) and what is environmental management certification?
59 How will enterprises submit an application for environmental management certification?
60 What kinds of enterprises must periodically publish publicly the status of their discharge of their major pollutants, and how will they publish it?
61 How will the cleaner production assessment indicators system be established?
62 What are the components of commendation and reward system for cleaner production, and what is the system's role?
63 What supports can small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can get when they implement cleaner production?
64 What kinds of environmental products can reduce or be exempt from the value-added tax?
65 What are the legal liabilities for violating "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law"?
66 What is the relationship between "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" and "The Environmental Protection Law"?
67 What is the relationship between "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" and "The Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law"?
68 What is the relationship between "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" and "The Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law"?
69 What is the relationship between "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" and "The Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law"?
70 What is the relation between "The Cleaner Production Promotion Law" and the total volume control targets for pollutants?
71 What is Life Circle Assessment (LCA)?
72 What is meant by Ecological Industry?
73 What is meant by Circular Economy?
Part 2 Awareness Posters for the Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Version)
Part 3: The Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China (English version) (See CP Promotion Law for this text)
The text of this book is available only in Chinese - See CP Law FAQ - http://www.chinacp.com/newcn/training/FAQcontent.htm - for the Chinese text
Published 2003
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