On 23 February, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the 13th Five Year Plan on the Work of Environment and Health, followed by the draft of Environmental Management System – General Guidelines on Implementation and the draft of Measures on the Work of Environment and Health (Trial Version) for public consultation in March. On behalf of our members, the Chamber submitted collated comments on the above drafts to MEP in mid-April.
Given that the government will further revise the Law of Standardisation this year, the chamber will invite Ms. Zhou Yuhua (Ph.D), Associate Researcher of Environmental Standards Institute of MEP to provide exclusive insights on China's environmental management system and standards, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.
Environmental Standards Institute (ESI), a secondary institution within Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), is a national-level institute specializing in the research and development of Environmental Protection Standards in China. ESI has a high-level professional team specializing in various environmental protection sciences fields, including water, air, noise, soil, solid waste, etc. As a technical supporter of the MEP, ESI is responsible for the technical management of environmental protection standards and also dedicated to developing major environmental protection standards and carrying out related researches. For more details, please kindly see the attached. As the technical supporter of Department of Science, Technology and Standards of MEP, ESI focuses on the development and management of national environmental protection standards. China has established an environmental protection standards system with five categories in two levels, including more than 1300 national environmental protection standards and 60 local environmental protection standards.
Agenda:
13:30-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:10 Opening remarks by Mr. Gianluca Gihara, National Vice Chair of Environment Working Group
14:10-15:00 Dialogue with Environmental Standards Institute of MEP on China's Environmental Management
System and Standards
Speaker: Ms. Zhou Yuhua (Ph.D), Associate Researcher of Environmental Standards Institute
(please note that the speaker will address in English)
15:00-15:30 Q&A and Roundtable Discussion