The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has issued a series of standards and documents related to water pollutant discharge this week. Among them, the Technical Guideline for Formulating Water Pollutant Discharge Standards for Centralized Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Industrial Parks (HJ 945.4–2026) was formulated and released by the MEE to provide technical guidance for setting discharge standards for such facilities.
Two additional standards were jointly issued by the MEE and the State Administration for Market Regulation. One is the Water Pollutant Discharge Standard for the Chishui River Basin (GB 47945–2026), which specifically targets the basin. The other is an amendment to the Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Medical Organization (GB 18466-2005), modifying the existing standard.
In other departmental activities, on July 10, Party Secretary Sun Jinlong presided over a Party Leadership Group meeting to convey the guiding principles from General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches at the National Science and Technology Award Conference, the general assemblies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the 11th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology, as well as instructions on flood prevention and disaster relief work and on a shoe factory fire in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. On the same day, Sun visited the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning to engage with grassroots Party members. On July 3, the MEE (National Nuclear Safety Administration) conducted a quarterly nuclear safety situation analysis in Beijing, with Vice Minister Dong Baotong attending and speaking.