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127 laws on this page

12th Five-Year Plan for Energy Development

policy · Made 2013-01-01

13th Five-Year comprehensive energy-saving and emission reduction work plan

policy · Made 2017-01-05

13th Five-Year National Energy Development Plan

policy · Made 2016-12

13th Five-Year Plan for Energy Development

policy · Made 2016-12

13th Five-Year Western Development Plan

policy · Made 2017-01-17

Administrative measures for inspection on import and export coal

Regulation · Made 2006-06-26

Administrative Measures for Oil Prices

Regulation · Made 2016-01-13

Administrative Measures for the Comprehensive Utilization of Coal Fly Ash

Regulation · Made 2013-01-05

Administrative Measures for the Supervision of Geological Survey Qualifications

Regulation · Made 2010-01-25

Administrative measures of comprehensive utilization of coal gangues

Regulation · Made 2014-12-22

Administrative measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the sale of oil products for small quantities

Regulation · Made 2013-02-01 · Tibet

Administrative Regulation on the prevention and treatment of the pollution and damage to the marine environment by marine engineering construction projects

Regulation · Made 2006-09-19

Announcement No. 22 [2019] of the General Administration of Customs—Announcement on the Administrative Measures for the Quarantine of Vessels on International Voyages Refueled in China

Other · Made 2019-01-30

Announcement No. 3 of 2008 of Ministry of Environmental Protection establishing National Pollutants Discharge Standard concerning Limits and Measurement Method for Exhaust Pollutants from Gasoline Engines of Heavy-duty Vehicles (III, IV) (GB 14762-2008)

Other · Made 2008-03-31

Announcement No.4 of 2018 of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs—Announcement on Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397

Other · Made 2018-01-05

Announcement No.40 [2017] of the Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs—Announcement on Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2371

Other · Made 2017-08-14

Announcement No.52 [2017] of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs—Announcement on Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375

Other · Made 2017-09-22

Announcement No. 61 of 2008 of Ministry of Environmental Protection establishing technical requirement for environmental protection product-aftertreatment devices for diesel vehicle exhaust (HJ 451-2008)

Other · Made 2008-12-10

Announcement No. 90 [2004] of the Ministry of Commerce－－The Managerial and Technical Specifications on Retail Enterprises of refined Oil Product

Other · Made 2004-12-15

Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China (2018)

Act · Made 2000-09-01

China's Energy Conditions and Policies

policy · Made 2007-12

Circular of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Adjusting Temporary Tariff Rates on Import and Export of Some Commodities

Other · Made 2007-05-18

Cleaner Production Promotion Law (2012)

Act · Made 2002-06-19

Coal Mine Safety Supervision Regulations of the People's Republic of China

Regulation · Made 2000-11-07

Repealed

Coalfield fire zone management measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Regulation · Made 2017-07-12 · Xinjiang

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution

Act · Made 0000

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending Twelve Laws including the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 2016-11-07

Decision of the State Administration of Work Safety on Repealing Two Rules Including the Provisions on the Gas Control of State-Owned Coal Mines

Other · Made 2015-07-20

Decree No. 168 of 1994 of the State Council promulgating the Administrative Measures for Coal Production Licenses

Regulation · Made 1994-12-20

Decree No. 169 of 1994 of State Council Promulgating the Regulations on Management of Township Coal Mines

Regulation · Made 1994-12-20

Decree No. 2, 2014 of the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China laying down the Provisions on the Administration of Domestic Waterway Transport

Regulation · Made 2014-01-03

Decree No. 9 of 2023 of the National Development and Reform Commission promulgating the Measures for Coal-Related Administrative Punishments (2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-12-27

Detailed Implementation Rules for the State Supervision and Spot Check on the Product Quality of Household Gas Stove

Regulation · Made 2022-06-01

Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administration of Chemicals Subjected to Supervision and Control

Regulation · Made 1997-03-10

Repealed

Detailed Rules for Implementing the Administrative Measures for Coal Production Licenses

Regulation · Made 1995-03-29

Detaliled rules for implementing the Interim Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Resource Tax

Regulation · Made 2011-10-28

Energy Law of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 2024-11-08

Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for the National Economic and Social Development of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Outline of Long-term Goals for 2035

policy · Made 2021-02-07

Implementing measures for work safety licenses for coal mining enterprises

Regulation · Made 2016-02-16

Implementive measures for the Provisions Governing the Laying of Submarine Cables and Pipelines

Regulation · Made 1992-08-26

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Regulations on the Promotion of Construction of Important Ecological Security Barriers in Northern of China

Regulation · Made 2023-07-31 · Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol

Interim Measures for the Administration of Public Resources Trading Platforms

Regulation · Made 2016-06-24

Interim Measures for the Administration of Special Funds for Risk Exploration of Foreign Mineral Resources

Regulation · Made 2005-10-31

Interim Measures for the Administration of the Commercial Coal Quality

Regulation · Made 2014-09-03

Interim Measures for Unified Recognition and Registration of Rights in Natural Resources

Regulation · Made 2019-07-11

Interim Measures of Hubei Province for Carbon Emission Permits Administration and Trading

Regulation · Made 2014-04-04 · Hubei

Interim Provisions on Administration of the Development and Utilization of Special and Rare Coals

Regulation · Made 2012-12-09

Interim Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Resource Tax

Regulation · Made 1993-12-25

Repealed

Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Hearing Cases involving Disputes over Mining Rights

Other · Made 2017-06-27

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Coal Industry

Act · Made 1996-12-01

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines

Act · Made 2010-06-25

Law on Energy Conservation of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 1997-11-01

Repealed

Measures for Administrative Penalty in the Coal Industry

Regulation · Made 1997-05-19

Measures for implementing the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Environmental Protection in the Exploration and Development of Offshore Petroleum

Regulation · Made 1990-09-20

Measures for the administration of coal mine safety inspectors

Regulation · Made 2003-06-13

Measures for the administration of collecting the value-added tax of refined oil of the retail gasoline stations

Regulation · Made 2002-04-02

Measures for the Administration of Natural Gas Utilization

Regulation · Made 2024-06-03

Measures for the Administration of Quotas for Coal Export

Regulation · Made 2004-07-01

Measures for the administration of refined oil market

Regulation · Made 2006-12-04

Measures for the Administration of the Crude Oil Market

Regulation · Made 2006-12-04

Measures for the Administration of the Natural Gas Infrastructure Construction and Opearation

Regulation · Made 2014-02-28

Measures for the Declaration and Collection of Environmental Protection Tax for Marine Projects

Regulation · Made 2017-12-27

Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations on Administration of Geological Data

Regulation · Made 2003-01-03

Measures for the operation and management of clean development mechanism projects

Regulation · Made 2005-10-12

Repealed

Measures for the organization and implementation of the import of crude oil and refined oil

Regulation · Made 1999-02-13

Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Coal Business Operations

Regulation · Made 2014-07-30

Measures for the Work of the State Specially Invited Natural Resource Ombudsmen

Regulation · Made 2019-03-06

Measures of Gansu province for implementing resource tax

Regulation · Made 1994-07-18 · Gansu

Measures of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Prevention and Control of Motorized Vehicle Exhaust Pollution

Regulation · Made 2013-05-30 · Guangxi

Measures of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for Emergency Rescue Service of Mines

Regulation · Made 2012-07-10 · Ningxia

Measures of Shanghai Municipality for implementing the Law of People's Republic China on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution

Regulation · Made 2001-07-13 · Shanghai

Repealed

Measures of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for implementing coal resource tax ad valorem

Regulation · Made 2015-01-04 · Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol

Measures of the National Development and Reform Commission for the Practice of Temporary Price-Intervention Measures on Some Important Commodities and Services

Regulation · Made 2008-01-15

Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for supervision and management of ecological environment protection

Regulation · Made 2013-07-25 · Tibet

Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for implementation of the Ennergy Conservation Law

Regulation · Made 2003-09-26 · Xinjiang

Methane Emission Control Action Plan

policy · Made 2023-11-07

Mineral Right Trading Rules

Regulation · Made 2017-09-06

Repealed

Mineral Rights Granting System Reform Programme

policy · Made 2017-02-27

National air pollution prevention and control action plan

policy · Made 2013-09-10

National Mineral Resources Plan (2016-2020)

policy · Made 2016-11

Notice of the Tariff Commission of the State Council on adjusting the provisional tariff rates for imports and exports of some commodities

Other · Made 2007-05-22

Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Waste Recycling System

policy · Made 2024-02-06

Order No. 82 of the State Administration of Work Safety promulgating the Ten Provisions on Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Coal-Mine Gas

Regulation · Made 2014-06-20

Order of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Supervision, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Commerce (No. 20/2013) promulgating the Measures for Electronic Bidding

Regulation · Made 2013-02-04

Order of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the People's Bank of China (No. 25 of 2015) promulgating the Measures for the Administration of Concession for Infrastructure and Public Utilities

Regulation · Made 2015-04-25

Plan for Mineral Resources Ownership Benefit System Reform

policy · Made 2017

Procedures for Administration of Registration of Mining of Mineral Resources (2014)

Regulation · Made 1998-02-12

Property Law of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 2007-03-16

Provisions for damage compensation of oil seismic exploration

Regulation · Made 1989-09-26

Provisions Governing the Administration of Laying Submarine Cables and Pipelines

Regulation · Made 1989-02-11

PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE PROTECTION OF SUBMARINE CABLES AND PIPELINES

Regulation · Made 2004-01-09

Provisions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Reporting Earthquake Disasters

Regulation · Made 1993-12-13

Provisions on coalmine leaders entering coal pits for safety supervision and inspection

Regulation · Made 2010-09-07

Provisions on the Gas Control of State-owned Coal Mines

Regulation · Made 2005-01-06

Repealed

Provisions on the Main Functions, Internal Bodies and Staffing of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety

Regulation · Made 2008-07-11

Provisions on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemical Transmission Pipelines (2015)

Regulation · Made 2012-01-17

Provisions on the safety management of road transport of refined oil

Regulation · Made 2007-10-05

Provisions on the safety of offshore petroleum production

Regulation · Made 2006-02-07

Provisions on the Safety Supervision over Gas Control on State-owned Coal Mines

Regulation · Made 2005-01-06

Repealed

Provisions on the supervision and inspection of safety facilities of coal mine construction projects

Regulation · Made 2003-07-04

Provisions on the use of chemical dispersants in offshore petroleum exploration and development

Regulation · Made 1992-08-20

Regulation of Zhejiang Province on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution

Regulation · Made 2003-06-27 · Zhejiang

Regulation of Zhejiang Province on the Construction and Protection of Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines

Regulation · Made 2014-07-31 · Zhejiang

Regulations for Registering to Explore For Mineral Resources Using the Block System (2014)

Regulation · Made 1998-02-12

Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution

Regulation · Made 2014-01-22 · Beijing

Regulations of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the prevention and control of air pollution

Regulation · Made 2018-11-28 · Guangxi

Regulations of Inner Mongolia autonomous region on civil building energy conservation and green building development

Regulation · Made 2019-05-31 · Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol

Regulations of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Promoting the Construction of National Important Energy and Strategic Resource Bases

Regulation · Made 2023-07-31 · Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol

Regulations of Jiangsu Province on Conserving Energy

Regulation · Made 2000-06-30 · Jiangsu

Regulations of the Ningxia Autonomous Region on exploration, exploitation and protection of coal resources

Regulation · Made 2008-09-19 · Ningxia

Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the prevention and control of air pollution

Regulation · Made 2017-09-28 · Ningxia

Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the management of underground pipelines in cities and towns

Regulation · Made 2017-07-26 · Ningxia

Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administration of Chemicals Subjected to Supervision and Control

Regulation · Made 1995-12-27

Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Exploitation of Offshore Petroleum Resources in Cooperation with Foreign Enterprises

Regulation · Made 1982-01-30

Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the administration of environmental protection in the exploration and development of offshore petroleum of 1983

Regulation · Made 1983-12-29

Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Exploitation of Onshore Petroleum Resources in Cooperation with Foreign Enterprises (2013)

Regulation · Made 1993-11-07

Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Exploitation of Onshore Petroleum Resources in Cooperation with Foreign Enterprises

Regulation · Made 1993-10-07

Regulations of the the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Natural Gas Administration

Regulation · Made 2005-09-16 · Ningxia

Regulations of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on environmental protection in the coal, petroleum and natural gas development

Regulation · Made 2014-07-25 · Xinjiang

Regulations of Tianjin Municipality on air polution pervention and control

Regulation · Made 2002-07-18 · Tianjin

Resource Tax Law of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 2019-08-26

Rules for the carriage of dangerous goods by waterway

Regulation · Made 1996-11-04

Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment in Pilot Free Trade Zones (2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-07-28

Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment (2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-07-28

Special Provisions of the State Council on the Prevention of Work Safety Accidents of Coal Mines

Regulation · Made 2005-09-03

Technical Policy on the Prevention and Control of Pollution by Motor Vehicles Emissions

Other · Made 1999-05-28

Ten Provisions on Fire and Explosion Protection in Oil and Gas Tank Areas

Regulation · Made 2015-08-04