legal basis: "environmental protection law of the people's Republic of China" article 3 this law applies to the territory of the people's Republic of China and other sea areas under the jurisdiction of the people's Republic of China.
article 4 environmental protection is a basic national policy of the state.
the state adopts economic and technological policies and measures that are conducive to saving and recycling resources, protecting and improving the environment, and promoting harmony between man and nature, so as to coordinate economic and social development with environmental protection.
article 5 environmental protection adheres to the principles of giving priority to protection, giving priority to prevention, comprehensive management, public participation and responsibility for damage.
article 6 all units and individuals have the obligation to protect the environment.
local people's governments at all levels are responsible for the environmental quality within their respective administrative areas.
enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators should prevent and reduce environmental pollution and ecological damage, and bear the responsibility for the damage caused according to law.
citizens should enhance their awareness of environmental protection, develop a low-carbon and thrifty lifestyle, and consciously fulfill their environmental protection obligations.
article 7 the state supports the research, development and application of environmental protection science and technology, encourages the development of environmental protection industries, promotes the informatization construction of environmental protection, and improves the level of environmental protection science and technology.
article 8 people's governments at all levels should increase financial investment in protecting and improving the environment, preventing and controlling pollution and other public hazards, and improve the efficiency in the use of financial funds.
article 9 people's governments at all levels should strengthen the publicity and popularization of environmental protection, encourage grassroots mass autonomous organizations, social organizations and environmental protection volunteers to publicize environmental protection laws and regulations and environmental protection knowledge, and create a good atmosphere for environmental protection.
Education administrative departments and schools should incorporate environmental protection knowledge into school education content and cultivate students' awareness of environmental protection.
news media should publicize environmental protection laws, regulations and environmental protection knowledge, and supervise environmental violations by public opinion.
article 1 the competent administrative department of environmental protection of the State Council shall exercise unified supervision and management over the national environmental protection work; The competent administrative department of environmental protection of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall exercise unified supervision and management over the environmental protection work within their respective administrative areas.
the relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and the environmental protection departments of the armed forces shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, supervise and manage environmental protection work such as resource protection and pollution prevention.