The Recycling Economy Promotion Law passed by the eleventh National People's Congress Standing Committee will be implemented on January 1, 2009.

News from the website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection is that MEP has passed, in principle, the MEP Work Rule (Draft) at an internal ministerial meeting.

China's first self-construction plan on environment protection has been formally approved. According to the plan, China will invest RMB14.96 billion to implement 50 key environmental projects by 2010.

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine have jointly issued four pollutants emission standards.

Hong Kong's government plans to introduce the Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Bill 2008 into the Legislative Council to ensure implementation of emission caps for the power sector.