FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin China has passed a landmark Ecological and Environmental Protection Code, providing a strong legal foundation for balancing economic development with environmental protection. The National People’s Congress formally adopted the Code on 12 March 2026, and it will take effect on 15 August 2026. This marks a major step in consolidating and updating China’s environmental laws. The Code now brings together many existing environmental regulations, including the Marine Environmental Protection Law (MEPL), into a single, unified legal framework. RelatedNews More than 12,000 vessels are already compliant with FuelEU Tanker with Chinese crew attacked in the Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21368346_0_6a01e33c6a1ff = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21368346","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,1633,2339,115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","