The Yellow River Protection Law will be implemented soon, and the Yangtze River Protection Law will have an impact on enterprises for two years.

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2023-02-14 13:45

On March 1, 2021, the "the People's Republic of China Yangtze River Protection Law" was officially implemented, and the "the People's Republic of China Yellow River Protection Law" will also be implemented on April 1, 2023. These two regulations are very important landmark laws for river basin protection.

Article 51 of the Yangtze River Protection Law: The State establishes a mechanism for combining pollution liability insurance and financial guarantee for ships transporting dangerous goods in the Yangtze River Basin. The specific measures shall be formulated by the competent department of transportation under the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments under the State Council. It is prohibited to transport highly toxic chemicals on the Yangtze River Valley and other dangerous chemicals that are prohibited by state regulations from being transported through inland rivers. The transportation department of the local people's government at or above the county level in the Yangtze River Basin shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the people's government at the same level, strengthen the control of the transportation of hazardous chemicals in the Yangtze River Basin.

Article 90 of the Yangtze River Protection Law: For the transportation of highly toxic chemicals and other hazardous chemicals prohibited by the state from being transported through inland rivers in the Yangtze River Basin, the transportation department of the people's government at or above the county level or the maritime administrative agency shall order corrections and confiscate the illegal income., And impose a fine of 200,000 yuan up to 2 million yuan, and impose a fine of 50,000 yuan up to 100,000 yuan on the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible persons; if the circumstances, order to suspend business for rectification, or revoke the relevant license.

Article 27 of the Yangtze River Protection Law: The competent department of transportation under the State Council, in conjunction with the competent departments of natural resources, water administration, ecological environment, agriculture and rural areas, forestry and grassland under the State Council, scientifically delineate prohibited and restricted navigation areas in the important habitats of aquatic organisms in the Yangtze River Basin. Ships are prohibited from navigating within the designated no-navigation area. Due to the national development strategy and the needs of the national economy and people's livelihood, navigation in the prohibited navigation area of the important habitat of aquatic organisms shall be approved by the competent department of transportation under the State Council in consultation with the competent department of agriculture and rural areas under the State Council, and necessary measures shall be taken to reduce the interference to important aquatic organisms. Strictly restrict the implementation of waterway improvement projects in the red line of ecological protection, nature reserves, and waters of important aquatic habitats in the Yangtze River Basin; if remediation is really needed, it shall be scientifically demonstrated and relevant procedures shall be handled in accordance with the law.

The protection law strengthens the protection of important habitats for aquatic organisms, and may be designated as no navigation area or limited navigation area in the future, and ship navigation needs to be paid attention.

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