Reply of the State Council on the Plan for Controlling the Nationwide Total Discharge Volume of Major Pollutants in the 11th Five-Year Plan Period

Reply of the State Council on the Plan for Controlling the Nationwide Total Discharge Volume of Major Pollutants in the 11th Five-Year Plan Period

Guo Han [2006] No. 70

August 5, 2006

The Governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Supervision, the State Environmental Protection Administration, and the National Bureau of Statistics:

The Request for Instructions on the Application for Approval to the Plan for Controlling the Nationwide Total Discharge Volume of Major Pollutants in the 11th Five-year Plan Period (Huan Fa [2006]No.90) from the State Environmental Protection Administration and the State Development and Reform Commission has been received and the reply is as follows:

I. The State Council agrees in principle to the Plan for Controlling the Nationwide Total Discharge Volume of Major Pollutants in the 11th Five-year Plan Period (hereinafter referred as the Plan).

II. The target to reduce nationwide total discharge volume of the major pollutants by 10% in the 11th Five-year Plan period is a restrictive requirement determined by the Outline of the 11th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development. The local governments in all provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government) must carry it out strictly, without any dissent. The target for controlling total discharge volume of chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide for each province mentioned in the Plan is the lowest requirement, which shall not be broken up.

III. All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) shall incorporate the target for controlling total discharge volume of major pollutants set in the Plan into both their local 11th Five-year plans and annual plans for economic and social development, by distributing the responsibilities and duties to the lower levels of government and the major enterprises discharging pollutants for implementation.
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