\n\ta. Requires an environmental impact assessment to be carried out before construction;
\n\tb. Contains a new chapter on information disclosure and public participation;
\n\tc. Strengthens public oversight by allowing public interest litigation with a 3 years’ Statute of Limitation;
\n\td. Sets stricter penalties for non-compliance, financially encourages eco-friendly technics and services; and
\n\te. Creates a pollution discharge license management system and the environmental protection tax to regulate the pollution.
\n\tAlso, the regulatory authorities formed under this Law are required to:
\n\ti. integrate environment protection into the economic and social plan;
\n\tii. promote clean energy and resource recycling;
\n\tiii. set up standards for environment quality and the discharge of pollutants;
\n\tiv. establish and improve environmental monitoring and warning system;
\n\tv. examine environmental impact assessments and make public the environmental impact reports for social supervision;
\n\tvi. adopt total emission control system for key pollutants and pollution administrative permit system;
\n\tvii. inspect polluting units; and
\n\tviii. establish and improve ecological protection compensation mechanism.
\n\tFinally, as earlier mentioned, this Law repeals the 1989 Environmental Protection Law.