China has unveiled plans for a new environment ministry, including a staff increase from 300-500.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment will take on the following remit:
- Climate change and emissions reduction policies, currently under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
- Underground water pollution regulation, currently under the Ministry of National Land and Resources
- Watershed environmental protection, currently under the Ministry of Water Resources
- Agricultural pollution control, currently under the Ministry of Agriculture
- Marine conservation, currently under the State Oceanic Administration
- Environmental protection during project implementation, currently under the State Council’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee.
