On April 30, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) issued the first draft of the Ecological and Environmental Code (the Draft Code) for public comment. This legislation ...

Ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and various parts of Africa are placing significant pressure on an already stressed global environment. Yet global climate governance continues to face ...

The upcoming fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress is set to deliberate on the draft ecological environment code. As a highlight of the "two sessions," this code is expected to provide ...

Editor's note: China's Ecological and Environmental Code was adopted on March 12, and it will come into effect from Aug 15. China Daily spoke to Yue Xiaohua, an associate professor at the Institute of ...

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An aerial drone photo taken on Sept 16, 2025 shows local people sailing around an island while circling the lake by boat in Yanyuan county of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's ...