Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Regulations on the Supervision of Eco-environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) and issued a circular requiring all departments in various regions to comply with them conscientiously.
Regulation is as follows. Regulations on
the Supervision
of Eco-environmental Protection (Deliberated and Approved
by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on March 31, 2025, April 28, 2025) Promulgated by the State Council)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Constitution of the Communist Party of China in order to uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership over the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of the ecological environment, and to further promote the supervision of the protection of the ecological environment. Article
2 The supervision of ecological environmental protection adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively implements the idea of ecological civilization of Xi Jinping, deeply comprehends the decisive significance of "two establishments", strengthens "four consciousness", firm "four self-confidence" and achieves "two safeguards", and completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green water and green hills are Jinshan and Yinshan, give full play to the role of the sword of ecological environment protection supervision, persist in finding and solving problems, strengthen supervision, rectification and application of results, persist in supporting high-quality development with high-level protection, deepen the reform of ecological civilization system, and enhance the ecological environment governance system and governance. We will comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China and promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Article
3 The supervision of ecological environment protection shall follow the following principles:
(1) Adhere to and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party and keep a firm political orientation;
(2) Adhere to the people-centered principle and foster a strong sense of purpose;
(3) Adhere to serving the overall situation and establish a systematic concept;
(4) Adhere to the problem-oriented and strict tone, and dare to meet tough challenges;
(5) Adhere to compliance with regulations and laws, and be precise, scientific, objective and fair. Chapter
II Organizational Leadership and Institutional Responsibilities
Article 4 Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, the supervision system of ecological environment protection at the central and provincial, autonomous regional and municipal levels shall be implemented.
The central supervision of eco-environmental protection carries out comprehensive supervision over the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, relevant departments of the State Council and relevant central enterprises in fulfilling their responsibilities for construction of ecological civilization and eco-environmental protection. The supervision of ecological environment protection of
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government is an extension and supplement of the supervision of ecological environment protection of the central government, which carries out supervision on the Party committees and governments at the municipal level, relevant departments of provincial governments and relevant provincial enterprises in their respective administrative regions. Article
5 The Central Leading Group for Supervision of Eco-environmental Protection shall be established to work under the leadership of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and its Standing Committee. Article
6 The Leading Group of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision shall be responsible for coordinating, guiding and supervising the work of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision. The main responsibilities are:
(1) To study and implement Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization, to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China, strengthening the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of the ecological environment, and to study and deploy the central supervision of ecological environment protection;
(2) To report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on the work of the central supervision of ecological and environmental protection;
(3) To study and discuss the system norms, plans and reports of the central supervision of ecological and environmental protection;
(4) To listen to the work reports of the office of the leading group;
(5) To study and discuss other important matters in the work of the central supervision of ecological and environmental protection;
(6) To handle other matters assigned by the Party Central Committee. Article
7 The Office of the Leading Group of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision is located in the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, which is responsible for the daily work of the Leading Group and the organization and implementation of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision. Article
8 The Central Supervision Group for Eco-environmental Protection shall be established in accordance with the work arrangement of the Central Supervision Group for Eco-environmental Protection and with the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council.
The Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision Group shall have a group leader and a deputy group leader, and the specific candidates shall be determined and authorized according to each supervision task. Among them, the group leader shall be a leading cadre at the provincial or ministerial level who is currently in office or has recently retired from a leading post. Establish a team leader candidate pool, which is managed by the Central Organization Department and the Office of the Leading Group of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision. The candidates for group leaders and deputy group leaders shall be examined and verified by the Central Organization Department.
The supervisory group shall study, discuss and decide on major matters in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism. The group leader is fully responsible for the work of the inspection group, and the deputy group leader assists the group leader in carrying out the work. Article
9 The duties of the Central Supervision Group for Eco-environmental Protection are as follows:
(1) To carry out supervision under the leadership of the Central Leading Group for Eco-environmental Protection Supervision in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council;
(2) To report to the Central Leading Group of Eco-environmental Protection Supervision on the situation of supervision, and put forward opinions and suggestions;
(3) To organize the formation of a list of typical cases, clues to the investigation of responsibility for ecological environmental damage, and files, and to draft and form a supervision report;
(4) Feedback the supervision opinions to the objects under supervision, and participate in promoting the rectification and application of the results of supervision;
(5) Educate, manage and supervise the cadres of the supervision group;
(6) Handle other matters assigned by the Central Leading Group of Eco-environmental Protection Supervision. Article
10 The relevant departments of the central and state organs shall support the central supervision of ecological environment protection and assist in relevant work. Article
11 The Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall organize the supervision of ecological environment protection in their respective administrative regions, strengthen overall coordination, and urge relevant departments and units to carry out relevant work. Article
12 According to the work arrangement of ecological environment protection supervision in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, provincial ecological environment protection supervision groups shall be established with the approval of the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Chapter
III Objects and Contents
of Supervision Article 13 The objects of the central supervision of ecological environment protection include:
(1) Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(2) The Ministry of Ecological Environment and the relevant departments of the State Council responsible for the protection of the ecological environment;
(3) The relevant central enterprises engaged in production and operation activities that have a greater impact on the ecological environment;
(4) Other units required by the Party Central Committee to supervise.Article
14 The main contents of the central supervision of ecological environment protection include:
(1) To study and implement Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization, and to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of ecological environment;
(2) The implementation of the Party's internal regulations, laws and regulations, policies and systems, standards and norms, plans and plans, and major reform tasks for the protection of the ecological environment;
(3) The implementation of "the Party and the government share the same responsibility" and "one post and two responsibilities" for the protection of the ecological environment;
(4) Implementation of ecological and environmental protection requirements in the implementation of major regional strategies;
(5) Prevention and control of environmental pollution, green transformation of development mode, ecological protection and restoration, and promotion of carbon peak and carbon neutrality to build a beautiful China;
(6) Rectification of problems fed back by the central ecological environmental protection inspectors and the construction of a long-term mechanism;
(7) Outstanding ecological environmental problems strongly reflected by the people and their handling;
and (8) Other ecological environmental protection matters that need to be supervised. Article
15 The objects of supervision of ecological environment protection in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government are the municipal Party committees and governments in their respective administrative regions, the competent departments of ecological environment at the provincial level, the relevant departments of provincial governments and the relevant provincial enterprises. The main contents of the supervision include:
(1) the study and implementation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought and the implementation of the decisions and arrangements
of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of the ecological environment; (2) the rectification of the feedback problems from the central and provincial ecological environment protection inspectors;
(3) The implementation of the requirements and responsibilities of the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for the protection of the ecological environment;
(4) The key river basins, regions, fields, industries and prominent ecological environment problems and their treatment within the administrative region;
(5) People's letters and visits to report ecological and environmental problems and their handling;
(6) Other matters of ecological and environmental protection that need to be supervised. Chapter
IV Working Procedures and Methods
Article 16 The supervision of ecological environment protection by the central government and provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall take the form of routine supervision, "looking back", special supervision and warning films on ecological environment. During the term of office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China carries out routine supervision on the Party committees and governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and carries out routine supervision on relevant departments of the State Council and relevant central enterprises. In view of the implementation of ecological environment protection requirements in the implementation of major regional strategies, and in combination with routine supervision, river basin supervision and provincial supervision should be promoted as a whole. Organize the implementation of "looking back" on the rectification of supervision according to the situation. The special supervision of the central
ecological environment protection and the warning film of the ecological environment focus on key river basins, regions, fields, industries and prominent ecological environment problems, and promote the normalization of supervision. Article
17 The supervision of ecological environment protection by the central government and provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government generally includes such procedural links as supervision preparation, supervision entry, supervision report and supervision feedback. Article
18 In the preparatory stage of supervision, we shall organize and carry out a centralized arrangement of problem clues according to the needs of our work, and inform the relevant departments and units about the situation of the supervised objects and the problem clues. Article
19 During the period when the routine inspectors are stationed, the inspection team shall carry out its work mainly in the following ways:
(1) Listen to the work reports and relevant special reports of the objects under inspection;
(2) Have individual talks with the main responsible comrades of the Party and government and other relevant responsible comrades of the objects under inspection;
(3) To accept the people's complaints and reports on the protection of the ecological environment;
(4) To read and copy relevant documents, archives and other materials;
(5) To visit and inquire the relevant localities, departments, units and individuals;
(6) holding symposiums and attending the relevant meetings of the supervised objects;
(7) conducting open and secret investigations in the relevant localities, departments and units of the supervised objects;
(8) To investigate and collect evidence according to the clues of problems, and to instruct the relevant localities, departments, units and individuals to make written explanations on the relevant problems;
(9) To conduct spot checks and return visits on the rectification of the problems reported by the people;
(10) In view of the prominent problems found by the inspectors, the relevant leading cadres of the Party and government may be interviewed or interviewed according to the circumstances;
(11) Other necessary ways of supervision.
Inspectors "look back", special inspectors, ecological environment warning films, etc., should adopt corresponding working methods according to the needs of the work. Article
20 During the period of routine supervision, typical cases of prominent ecological and environmental problems found by the inspectors shall be formed and published publicly after being submitted for approval in accordance with the procedures. Article
21 After the completion of the stationing of the inspectors, the inspection team shall form an inspection report, truthfully report the important situations and problems found by the inspectors, and put forward opinions and suggestions; a special report may be formed on the prominent problems existing in the handling of the relevant important instructions, the major situations found by the inspectors, and the comprehensive situation of the river basin inspectors. The supervisory group shall make a draft of the problems reflected in the supervisory report and the special report.
The inspection team shall set up an independent audit team to conduct an independent audit of the inspection report.
The supervision report shall exchange opinions with the supervised object in an appropriate way and be submitted for approval in accordance with the procedures. The report of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision shall be submitted to the Party Central Committee and the State Council for approval after being studied and discussed by the Office of the Leading Group of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision. Article
22 After the approval of the inspection report, the inspection team shall give timely feedback to the inspected objects, point out the problems found by the inspectors and put forward suggestions for rectification. After the
inspectors "look back", special inspectors and ecological environment warning films are submitted for approval according to the procedures, the relevant information and problems are fed back to the supervised objects. Article
23 In the supervision work, the relevant departments shall be consulted on the policies and regulations involved and their application according to the needs of the work. Relevant departments should put forward clear and clear opinions in accordance with the law, in a timely and objective manner. Article
24 The supervised objects shall do a good job in investigating and dealing with the ecological environment problems reported by the people's letters and visits during the period of supervision, as well as other problems handed over by the supervisory group, and establish and improve a long-term mechanism for problem rectification and supervision and guarantee, so as to ensure that the relevant problems are investigated and solved in place. Article
25 The specific work arrangements of supervision, the situation of border supervision and reform, the typical cases of prominent problems, the main contents of supervision reports, the main contents of supervision and rectification plans, the main contents of supervision and rectification, and the relevant situation of supervision and accountability shall be made public in accordance with relevant requirements, respond to social concerns and accept the supervision of the people. Chapter
V Supervision and Rectification
Article 26 The object of supervision is the main body responsible for supervision and rectification, and the main responsible comrades are the first responsible persons for supervision and rectification. Article
27 After receiving the feedback from the inspectors, the inspected objects shall organize the preparation of the rectification plan for the inspectors, and clarify the main body, objectives, time limit, key measures and acceptance units for the implementation of the rectification one by one.
The supervision and rectification plan shall be submitted to the Party Central Committee, the State Council or the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for approval within the prescribed time limit.
The twenty-eighth supervised objects should do a good job of rectification and implementation in accordance with the requirements of the supervision and rectification plan. For the long-term rectification task, it should be carried out in an orderly manner according to the stage objectives and time nodes; for the rectification task left over by history, it should effectively provention and control the ecological and social risks and advance steadily.
The supervised object shall check and accept the completed supervision and rectification tasks.Article
29 The supervised objects shall report the situation of supervision and rectification to the Party Central Committee, the State Council or the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government as required. After all the tasks of supervision and rectification are completed, the overall situation of rectification shall be reported to the Party Central Committee, the State Council or the Party committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The work of the central ecological environment protection supervision and rectification shall be copied to the leading group of the central ecological environment protection supervision.
The thirtieth supervision and rectification work should set up accounts and implement inventory management. The Office of the Leading Group of the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision and the relevant agencies of the Eco-environmental Protection Supervision of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government regularly dispatch the progress of the supervision and rectification work at their respective levels, and organize routine follow-up and intensified spot checks.
If the rectification is not effective, measures such as notification, supervision, interview and special supervision shall be taken according to the situation. For those who have achieved outstanding results in rectification, positive cases should be formed and publicized in time, so as to give full play to the role of encouraging advanced, exchanging work and leading. Chapter
VI Application
of Supervision Results Article 31 Establishes a mechanism for transferring clues to the investigation of responsibility for ecological environmental damage by the central supervision of ecological environmental protection. For the important ecological environment problems and their dereliction of duty found in the supervision and rectification of the central ecological environment protection, the supervisory group shall form a list of clues and files concerning the investigation of responsibility for ecological environment damage, hand them over to the supervised objects, and hand them over to the organs of the State Supervisory Commission of the Central Discipline Commission, the Central Organization Department and the SASASAC of the State Council in accordance with the relevant powers, procedures and requirements.
In accordance with the rules and regulations, we should organize and carry out accountability seriously, accurately and effectively. The work plan of accountability for the transfer of responsibility for ecological environmental damage is included as a separate part of the supervision and rectification plan, and the accountability situation is reported together with the supervision and rectification situation. The organs of the State Supervisory Commission of the Central
Discipline Commission and the Central Organization Department supervise and guide the discipline inspection and supervision organs and organizational (personnel) departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to carry out the work of accountability and accountability, and supervise the key issues of accountability and accountability, so as to prevent inadequate accountability or generalization and simplification of accountability. Those who abuse accountability or are seriously irresponsible in the accountability work and cause adverse effects shall be held accountable. Article
32 The Central Organizational Department shall, in accordance with the authority of cadre management, take the results of supervision and the relevant situation of supervision and rectification as an important basis for the assessment, selection, appointment, management, supervision, commendation and reward of Party and government leading groups and relevant leading cadres, and strengthen the application of the results of supervision in cadre management. Article
33 If the inspectors find that it is necessary to carry out the work of compensation for damage to the ecological environment, they shall be transferred to the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for claim and recovery in accordance with the relevant provisions; if it is necessary to initiate public interest litigation, they shall be transferred to the procuratorial organs and other competent organs for handling according to law.
If the inspectors find suspected violations of discipline and law, they shall be transferred to the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs or judicial organs for handling in accordance with the relevant provisions. Article
34 Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in light of the actual situation, strengthen the application of the results of supervision, and investigate the responsibility for the important ecological environment problems and their dereliction of duty found in the supervision and rectification according to the rules and regulations. Chapter
VII Team Building and Disciplinary Responsibility
Article 35 The leading group of the central supervision of ecological environment protection and the leading mechanism of the supervision of ecological environment protection in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall strengthen the overall planning for the construction of the contingent of supervisory cadres, establish and improve relevant systems and mechanisms in light of the characteristics of the supervision work, and strengthen the supervision. Strengthen the support and capacity building of supervision, strengthen the application of new technologies, build a contingent of high-quality professional cadres suitable for the task of supervision, strengthen standardized management, and intensify education, training and job rotation exchanges. Article
36 The members of the Central Supervision Group for Eco-environmental Protection shall take the personnel of the regional supervision institutions under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment as the main body, and the personnel of the relevant departments of the central and state organs, the personnel of the relevant institutions for the supervision and management of the ecological environment of the river basin, and the relevant experts shall participate in the supervision according to their needs, and establish a pool of inspectors and experts. Members of
the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision Group should meet the following requirements:
(1) Firm ideals and beliefs, loyalty to the Party, and a high degree of consistency in Ideological and political action with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core;
(2) Adhere to principles, dare to assume responsibility, act in accordance with regulations and laws, be fair and upright, and be honest and clean;
(3) Be exemplary in observing Party discipline and state laws, and strictly guard Party and state secrets;
(4) Familiar with relevant regulations, laws and regulations, policies and systems within the Party, and have the professional knowledge to perform supervisory duties and strong ability to discover problems, communicate and coordinate, and synthesize words;
(5) Have the physical conditions and psychological quality to perform duties normally. Personnel
selected to participate in the work of supervision shall, in accordance with the above conditions, strictly control politics, conduct, ability, style and integrity. Personnel who
are not suitable for supervision should be adjusted in time. Article
37 The supervision of ecological environment protection shall strictly enforce political discipline and rules, strictly implement the spirit of the Eight Provisions of the Central Committee and its implementation rules and the requirements of "Several Provisions on Regulating Formalism to Reduce Burden at the Grass-roots Level", resolutely oppose formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance, and strictly implement various provisions on clean government. During the period when
the inspectors are stationed, the provisions of democratic centralism, requests for reports on major matters, avoidance and confidentiality shall be strictly enforced. The inspection team shall not interfere with the normal work of the supervised object, shall not deal with the specific problems of the supervised object, and shall not make requests to the supervised object that have nothing to do with the supervision work. Article
38 During the period when the supervisory group is stationed, it shall establish a temporary Party branch in accordance with the relevant provisions, implement the requirements of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, implement the "one post, two responsibilities", consciously accept supervision from all sides, and carry out the supervisory work in accordance with the rules and regulations.
Any unit or individual has the right to report and accuse the violation of rules and regulations by the supervisory group and its members. Article
39 If the relevant departments and units fail to assist and support the supervision of ecological environment protection in accordance with the relevant provisions, resulting in serious consequences, the relevant responsible persons shall be investigated for their responsibilities in accordance with the relevant provisions. Article
40 If a member of the supervisory group has one of the following circumstances, he shall, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, be given critical education, ordered to inspect, admonished and encouraged, organized to deal with or punished by Party discipline and government affairs in accordance with the rules and regulations; If a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be investigated according to law:
(1) failing to carry out supervision in accordance with work requirements, resulting in the failure to discover important ecological and environmental problems that should be discovered;
(2) failing to report the situation of supervision truthfully, concealing, distorting or fabricating facts;
(3) Disclosing undisclosed information such as state secrets, work secrets and business secrets related to the supervision work;
(4) Exceeding the authority or failing to carry out the supervision work in accordance with the prescribed procedures, resulting in adverse consequences;
(5) Taking advantage of the work of supervision to seek personal gains or seek illegitimate interests for others;
(6) Other acts in violation of the discipline of supervision. Article
41 The supervised objects shall consciously accept the supervision of ecological environment protection and actively cooperate with the supervision work. If the supervised object has one of the following circumstances, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, the leading group of the Party and government, the relevant departments (units), the main responsible comrades of the enterprise or other relevant responsible personnel shall be given critical education, ordered to inspect, admonished and encouraged, organized or punished by Party discipline and government affairs in accordance with the rules and regulations; If a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be investigated according to law:
(1) Deliberately providing false information, concealing, distorting or fabricating facts;
(2) Refusing or intentionally failing to provide relevant documents and materials to the supervision group as required;
(3) Instigating or forcing relevant units or personnel to interfere with or obstruct the work of supervision;
(4) Refusing to cooperate with on-site inspection or investigation and evidence collection;
(5) Organizing and leading the supervision to rectify ineffectively, failing to implement the requirements of supervision and rectification, perfunctory response and false rectification;
(6) Threatening, attacking, retaliating against, or framing the cadres and masses who have reported the situation;
(7) Adopting a "one-size-fits-all" approach to deal with the inspectors, such as stopping work, stopping production, and stopping business, and so on, because of inaction in peacetime;
(8) Other situations that interfere with the work of inspectors. Chapter
8 Supplementary Provisions
Article 42 Local Party committees and governments at or below the prefectural and municipal levels shall, in accordance with regulations and laws, strengthen supervision over the work of ecological environmental protection of Party committees and governments at lower levels and their relevant departments.Article
43 The Office of the Central Leading Group for Supervision of Eco-environmental Protection shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Regulations. Article
44 These Regulations shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation. The Regulations on the Supervision of Central Eco-environmental Protection issued by the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on June 6, 2019 shall be abolished at the same time.
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