Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental impact assessment refers to such practices as analyzing, forecasting and evaluating the unintended impacts on the environment of various plans and construction projects, and proposing measures to prevent or relieve negative impacts and conduct follow-up monitoring.

In November 1998, the State Council issued regulations on environmental protection of construction projects, specifying the procedures and legal liabilities related to environmental impact assessment.

In October 2002, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopted the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, which elevated the legal status of environmental impact assessment. The law was revised on two occasions, once in July 2016 and again in December 2018.

In August 2009, the State Council adopted regulations on the environmental impact assessment of various construction and development plans. 

環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)

環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)，是指對(duì)規(guī)劃和建設(shè)項(xiàng)目實(shí)施后可能造成的環(huán)境影響進(jìn)行分析、預(yù)測(cè)和評(píng)估，提出預(yù)防或者減輕不良環(huán)境影響的對(duì)策和措施，進(jìn)行跟蹤監(jiān)測(cè)的方法與制度。

1998年11月，國(guó)務(wù)院通過《建設(shè)項(xiàng)目環(huán)境保護(hù)管理?xiàng)l例》，全面規(guī)范了環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)的內(nèi)容、程序和法律責(zé)任。2002年10月，全國(guó)人大常委會(huì)通過《中華人民共和國(guó)環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)法》，進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)化了環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)的法律地位。2009年8月，國(guó)務(wù)院通過《規(guī)劃環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)條例》，環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)制度形成“一法兩條例”。2016年7月和2018年12月，全國(guó)人大常委會(huì)兩次修正《環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)法》，環(huán)境影響評(píng)價(jià)“放管服”改革不斷推進(jìn)。