Environmental protection is the basic China's national
policy since the 1980s. The State Environmental Protection Committee has been established in 1984 and the first Environmental Protection Law formally
issued in 1989.
After the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development in 1992, China is one of the first countries to formulate
and carry out the strategy of sustainable development. In 1993, the
Environmental Resources Committee of the NPC has been established. So far, the
state has promulgated 8 laws for environmental protection, 14 laws
for management of natural resources and 35 regulations on environmental
protection. Environmental protection authorities have published over
100 national environmental protection regulations and more than 1,000
local ones.