In 2020, major pests and diseases are expected to occur at a relatively severe level, and China’s demand for insecticides is projected to maintain rapid growth.

According to reports, on April 21, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened a video conference to advance and implement nationwide measures for the prevention and control of major crop diseases and pests.

The second wave of locust infestations is gradually taking shape, and demand for insecticides is expected to rise once again.

On April 28, Sui Pengfei, Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, stated that Pakistan is currently experiencing the gradual formation of a second wave of locust swarms, while the desert locust crisis in East Africa continues to escalate. This presents an opportune moment for China’s aid—both in terms of deploying insecticides and related equipment and carrying out large-scale control operations—and that China is fully prepared to provide technical support and material assistance.

(Authorized for Release) Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste Adopted at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on October 30, 1995; first revised at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on December 29, 2004; first amended pursuant to the Decision on Amending Twelve Laws, including the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics, adopted at the Third Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People’s Congress on June 29, 2013; second amended pursuant to the Decision on Amending Seven Laws, including the Port Law of the People’s Republic of China, adopted at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People’s Congress on April 24, 2015; third amended pursuant to the Decision on Amending Twelve Laws, including the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China, adopted at the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People’s Congress on November 7, 2016; and second revised at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress on April 29, 2020. Chapter I General Provisions Table of Contents Chapter II Supervision and Administration Chapter III Industrial Solid Waste Chapter IV Municipal Solid Waste Chapter V Construction Waste, Agricultural Solid Waste, etc. Chapter VI Hazardous Waste Chapter VII Safeguard Measures Chapter VIII Legal Liability Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1: This Law is enacted in order to protect and improve the ecological environment, prevent and control environmental pollution caused by solid waste, safeguard public health, maintain ecological security, promote ecological progress, and facilitate sustainable economic and social development. Article 2: This Law applies to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. The prevention and control of marine pollution caused by solid waste and the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by radioactive solid waste are not subject to this Law. Article 3: The State shall promote a green development model and advance clean production and the circular economy. The State encourages a simple, moderate, green, and low-carbon lifestyle, guiding the public to actively participate in the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Article 4: The prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste shall adhere to the principles of reduction, resource utilization, and harmlessness. All organizations and individuals shall take measures to reduce the amount of solid waste generated, promote its comprehensive utilization, and minimize its harmful effects. Article 5: The prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste shall follow the principle of “polluter pays.” Organizations and individuals that generate, collect, store, transport, utilize, or dispose of solid waste shall take measures to prevent or reduce environmental pollution caused by such waste and bear legal responsibility for any resulting environmental damage. Article 6: The State shall implement a system of municipal solid waste sorting. Municipal solid waste sorting shall be carried out according to the principles of government guidance, public participation, coordinated urban–rural planning, adaptation to local conditions, and simplicity and convenience. Article 7: People’s governments at all levels shall be responsible for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste within their respective administrative areas. The State shall establish a target responsibility system and an assessment mechanism for preventing and controlling environmental pollution caused by solid waste, incorporating the achievement of related targets into the scope of performance evaluation. Article 8: Governments at all levels shall strengthen leadership over work related to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, organize, coordinate, and supervise relevant departments to fulfill their statutory duties in supervising and managing such activities. Provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government may consult with one another to establish inter‑administrative mechanisms for joint prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, coordinating planning, infrastructure construction, and waste transfer operations. Article 9: The State Council’s department in charge of ecological environment shall exercise unified supervision over nationwide efforts to prevent and control environmental pollution caused by solid waste. The State Council’s departments of Development and Reform, Industry and Information Technology, Natural Resources, Housing and Urban–Rural Development, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Commerce, Health, and Customs shall, within their respective jurisdictions, oversee the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Local people’s governments’ departments in charge of ecological environment shall exercise unified supervision over work related to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste within their administrative areas. Local departments of Development and Reform, Industry and Information Technology, Natural Resources, Housing and Urban–Rural Development, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Commerce, and Health shall, within their respective jurisdictions, oversee the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Article 10: The State encourages and supports scientific research, technological development, the promotion of advanced technologies, and public awareness campaigns related to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, thereby strengthening scientific and technological support for this endeavor. Article 11: State organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions, grassroots self-governing organizations, and the media shall intensify publicity and education on the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, raising public awareness in this regard. Schools shall conduct educational programs on municipal solid waste sorting and other knowledge related to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Article 12: Governments at all levels shall, in accordance with relevant state regulations, commend and reward organizations and individuals who have achieved outstanding results in the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste and in related activities of comprehensive utilization. Chapter II Supervision and Administration Article 13: People’s governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste into national economic and social development plans as well as ecological protection plans, and adopt effective measures to reduce the amount of solid waste generated, promote its comprehensive utilization, and mitigate its harmful effects, while minimizing landfill volumes. Article 14: The State Council’s department in charge of ecological environment shall, in collaboration with relevant State Council departments, formulate standards for identifying solid waste, procedures for identification, and national technical standards for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, based on national environmental quality standards and prevailing economic and technological conditions. Article 15: The State Council’s standardization authority, in cooperation with the State Council’s departments of Development and Reform, Industry and Information Technology, Ecology and Environment, and Agriculture and Rural Affairs, shall develop standards for the comprehensive utilization of solid waste. Comprehensive utilization of solid waste must comply with ecological and environmental laws and regulations and meet applicable technical standards for preventing and controlling environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Products derived from the comprehensive utilization of solid waste must conform to nationally prescribed uses and standards. Article 16: The State Council’s department in charge of ecological environment, together with relevant State Council departments, shall establish a national information platform for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by hazardous and other solid wastes, promoting full-process monitoring and digital traceability of waste collection, transfer, and disposal. Article 17: Projects involving the generation, storage, utilization, or disposal of solid waste must undergo environmental impact assessments in accordance with the law and comply with national regulations governing environmental protection for construction projects. Article 18: The environmental impact assessment documents for construction projects shall specify the need for supporting facilities for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, which must be designed, constructed, and put into operation simultaneously with the main project. Preliminary designs for construction projects shall, in accordance with environmental protection design specifications, integrate provisions for preventing and controlling environmental pollution caused by solid waste into the environmental impact assessment documents, ensuring implementation of measures to prevent environmental pollution and ecological damage, as well as budgetary allocations for facilities dedicated to such prevention. Construction entities shall, in compliance with relevant laws and regulations, conduct acceptance inspections of supporting facilities for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, prepare acceptance reports, and make them publicly available. Article 19: Entities engaged in the collection, storage, transportation, utilization, or disposal of solid waste, along with other producers and operators, shall strengthen management and maintenance of relevant facilities, equipment, and premises to ensure their normal operation and use. Article 20: Organizations and other producers and operators involved in the generation, collection, storage, transportation, utilization, or disposal of solid waste shall adopt measures to prevent dispersion, loss, leakage, or other forms of environmental contamination, and shall not arbitrarily dump, pile up, discard, or scatter solid waste. It is prohibited for any organization or individual to dump, pile up, or store solid waste in rivers, lakes, canals, channels, reservoirs, or on beaches and riverbanks below the highest water level, as well as in other locations specified by law. Article 21: Within ecological red-line zones, concentrated areas of permanent basic farmland, and other areas requiring special protection, the construction of facilities, sites, or landfills for the centralized storage, utilization, or disposal of industrial solid waste, hazardous waste, or municipal solid waste is strictly forbidden. Article 22: When transferring solid waste out of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government for storage or disposal, an application must be submitted to the competent department of ecological environment of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government where the waste originates. The competent department of ecological environment of the originating jurisdiction shall promptly consult with and obtain consent from the competent department of ecological environment of the receiving jurisdiction, and approve the transfer within the prescribed time limit. Transfers without approval are prohibited. For transfers of solid waste intended for utilization outside the administrative boundaries of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government, prior registration with the competent department of ecological environment of the originating jurisdiction is required. The competent department of ecological environment of the originating jurisdiction shall notify the competent department of ecological environment of the receiving jurisdiction of the registration details. Article 23: The importation, dumping, piling up, or disposal of solid waste originating from outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China is prohibited. Article 24: The State will gradually achieve zero imports of solid waste, with implementation organized by the State Council’s department in charge of ecological environment in coordination with the State Council’s departments of Commerce, Development and Reform, and Customs. Article 25: If Customs detects imported goods suspected of containing solid waste, it may commission specialized agencies to conduct attribute identification and manage the matter in accordance with the findings. Article 26: Departments in charge of ecological environment, their environmental enforcement agencies, and other authorities entrusted with supervisory responsibilities for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste, within their respective jurisdictions, have the right to conduct on-site inspections of organizations and other producers and operators engaged in activities related to the generation, collection, storage, transportation, utilization, or disposal of solid waste. Those being inspected shall truthfully report circumstances and provide necessary documentation. On-site inspections may include measures such as field monitoring, sample collection, and reviewing or copying materials related to the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste. Inspectors conducting on-site inspections must present valid identification and maintain confidentiality regarding any trade secrets learned during the inspection. Article 27: In any of the following situations, the department in charge of ecological environment and other authorities entrusted with supervisory responsibilities for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste may seal off or seize illegally collected, stored, transported, utilized, or disposed of solid waste, along with associated facilities, equipment, premises, tools, or items: (1) Where there is a risk of evidence being destroyed, concealed, or illegally transferred; (2) Where serious environmental pollution has occurred or may occur.Article 28: The competent department for ecological environment shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, establish a credit record system for entities and other producers and operators involved in the generation, collection, storage, transportation, utilization, and disposal of solid waste, and incorporate such credit records into the National Credit Information Sharing Platform. Article 29: The ecological environment department of the people’s government at the prefecture-level city shall, together with the departments of housing and urban–rural development, agriculture and rural affairs, and health, regularly disclose to the public information on the types, quantities generated, treatment capacities, and utilization and disposal status of solid waste. Entities engaged in the generation, collection, storage, transportation, utilization, or disposal of solid waste shall, in accordance with law, promptly disclose information on the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by solid waste and proactively accept public oversight. Entities that utilize or dispose of solid waste shall, in accordance with law, open their facilities and sites to the public, thereby enhancing public awareness of environmental protection and increasing public participation. Article 30: People’s governments at or above the county level shall include the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by industrial solid waste, domestic waste, hazardous waste, and other solid wastes in their annual reports on the state of the environment and the achievement of environmental protection goals, and report these matters to the people’s congress at the corresponding level or its standing committee. Article 31: Any organization or individual has the right to report organizations or individuals causing environmental pollution through solid waste. The competent department for ecological environment and other departments entrusted with supervisory and administrative duties regarding the prevention and control of environmental pollution from solid waste shall publicly announce channels for reporting such violations, facilitating public reporting. Departments receiving reports shall promptly handle them and maintain confidentiality of the reporter’s relevant information; rewards shall be granted for substantiated reports made under real names. If a whistleblower reports misconduct within their own organization, that organization shall not retaliate against the whistleblower by terminating or altering their labor contract or by any other means. Chapter III: Industrial Solid Waste Article 32: The State Council’s competent department for ecological environment, in coordination with the State Council’s departments of development and reform, industry and information technology, and others, shall define the degree of harm and impact of industrial solid waste on public health and the ecological environment, formulate technical policies for preventing and controlling environmental pollution caused by industrial solid waste, and organize the promotion of advanced production processes and equipment for such purposes. Article 33: The State Council’s department of industry and information technology, in collaboration with relevant State Council departments, shall organize research and development, promote production processes and equipment that reduce the amount of industrial solid waste generated and mitigate its harmful effects, and publish lists specifying outdated production processes and equipment that cause severe environmental pollution, subject to phase-out within set deadlines. Producers, sellers, importers, and users shall, within the time limits prescribed by the State Council’s department of industry and information technology in consultation with relevant State Council departments, cease producing, selling, importing, or using equipment listed in the aforementioned lists. Those adopting specific production processes shall, within the same time limits, discontinue employing processes included in the aforementioned lists. Equipment removed from the phase-out lists may not be transferred for use by others. Article 34: The State Council’s department of industry and information technology, in coordination with the State Council’s departments of development and reform and ecological environment, shall periodically issue catalogs guiding the utilization of industrial solid waste—covering technologies, processes, equipment, and products—and conduct evaluations of comprehensive resource utilization of industrial solid waste, thereby promoting its effective reuse. Article 35: Local people’s governments at or above the county level shall formulate plans for the prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by industrial solid waste, organize the construction of centralized treatment facilities and other related infrastructure, and advance efforts to prevent and control such pollution. Article 36: Entities generating industrial solid waste shall establish and improve a comprehensive responsibility system covering the entire process—from generation and collection to storage, transportation, utilization, and disposal—ensuring environmental pollution prevention and control throughout. They shall also maintain detailed management records documenting the type, quantity, destination, storage, utilization, and disposal of each batch of industrial solid waste, thus ensuring traceability and accessibility of information, while implementing measures to prevent and control environmental pollution arising from industrial solid waste. It is prohibited to deposit industrial solid waste into municipal solid waste collection facilities. Article 37: When an entity generating industrial solid waste entrusts another party with the transportation, utilization, or disposal of such waste, it must verify the entrusted party’s qualifications and technical capabilities, enter into a written contract in accordance with the law, and specify pollution prevention requirements therein. The entrusted party, when transporting, utilizing, or disposing of industrial solid waste, shall comply with applicable laws and regulations as well as contractual stipulations regarding pollution prevention, and shall inform the entity generating the waste of the progress and outcomes of these activities. If an entity generating industrial solid waste violates the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, in addition to penalties imposed pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, it shall also share liability with the entrusted party responsible for environmental pollution and ecological damage.

The company’s chairman and general manager traveled to Japan to hold consultations with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. regarding next year’s orders and in-depth cooperation.

On April 26, the company’s chairman and general manager traveled to Japan to hold consultations with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. regarding next year’s orders and prospects for in-depth cooperation.

The first centralized groundbreaking ceremony of the Yoxian Industrial Project Construction Year was held at the Phase II site of Haohua.

The first centralized groundbreaking ceremony of the Yoxian Industrial Project Construction Year was held at the Phase II site of Haohua.