Complete Ban on
Import of Solid Waste in China from 1 Jan 2021
The "Law
of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental
Pollution by Solid Wastes" was revised and passed at the 17th meeting of the
Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on April 29, 2020, and
came into force on September 1, 2020. In order to implement the revised contents
of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control
of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes" related to the management of solid
waste imports, and to do a good job in related work, the relevant matters are hereby
announced as follows.
1. It
is forbidden to import solid waste in any way. It is forbidden to dump, stack and
dispose of solid waste from outside of China.
2. The
Ministry of Ecology and Environment has stopped accepting and approving applications
for import licenses for imported solid waste that can be used as raw materials;
the import licenses for solid waste that have been issued in 2020 that can be used
as raw materials should be stated in the certificate use within the validity period
of 2020, and expire automatically after the expiry date.
3. Solid
waste produced by units in special customs supervision areas and bonded supervision
places (including special customs supervision areas such as bonded areas and comprehensive
bonded areas and bonded logistics centers (type A/B), bonded warehouses and other
bonded supervision places), shall be managed in accordance with domestic solid waste
regulations. If it is necessary to leave the area for storage, utilization or disposal,
it shall go through relevant procedures with the administrative department of the
local government in the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision
place, and the customs shall no longer check the relevant approval documents.
4. The
solid waste generated during the production operations of bonded repair and remanufacturing
business units outside the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision
site shall be implemented with reference to the third paragraph.
This
announcement will be implemented on January 1, 2021.
• The
former Ministry of Environmental Protection, the General Administration of Customs,
and the former General Office of the General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine "Notice on Strengthening Solid Waste Import Management
and Law Enforcement Information Sharing" (Huanban
[2011] No. 141)
• The
former Ministry of Environmental Protection, Development and Reform Commission,
Ministry of Commerce , General Administration of Customs, former General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine 2015 Announcement No. 69
• The
former Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Commerce, Development and
Reform Commission, General Administration of Customs, former General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Announcement No. 39 of 2017
• The
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, Development and Reform
Commission and the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 6 of 2018,
and
• The
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce, the Development and
Reform Commission, and the General Administration of Customs the announcement No.
68 of 2018 shall be repealed at the same time.