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| 1993 || || {{w|Water pollution}} || Policy || The 1984 Water Pollution and Prevention Law is deemed unsatisfactory. Rapid economic growth and resulting pollution makes the law an outdated policy.<ref name="Regulating Land and Pollution in China: Lawmaking, Compliance, and Enforcement : Theory and Cases"/>
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| 1993 || || General || Policy || After the [[w:Chinese New Year|Spring Festival]], a total number of 308 deputies from National People's Congress (NPC) and the {{w|Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference}} (CPPCC) propose legislation to [[w:Fireworks bans in China|ban fireworks]] and firecrackers strictly.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=周|first=星|last2=周|first2=超|date=2018|title=民俗与法律:烟花爆竹作为一个"中国问题"|journal=湖北民族学院学报(哲学社会科学版)|volume=36|issue=4|pages=48–58|doi=10.13501/j.cnki.42-1328/c.2018.04.007|issn=1004-941X}}</ref>
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| 1994 || || General || Policy || The Regulation on Nature Reserves is introduced.<ref name="Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China"/>
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| 1998 || || General || Policy || The Forest Law is amended.<ref name="Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China"/>
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| 1998 || October || General || Organization || The {{w|Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims}} is founded by Professor {{w|Wang Canfa}}.
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| 1999 || || {{w|Water pollution}} || Policy || The Marine Environment Protection Law is enacted.<ref name="Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China"/>
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| 2010 || || General || Policy || The Island Conservation Law is enacted.<ref name="Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China"/>
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| 2012 || July 22 || || || {{w|Qidong protest}}
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| 2012 - 2014 || || {{w|Air pollution}} || {{w|Statistics}} || The [[w:National Energy Commission|National Energy Agency]] claims that {{w|coal}} use dropped to 64.2 percent of the mix in 2014, down almost two percent from 2012.<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/>
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| 2014 || May || General || Policy || The Chinese government strengthens the country’s Environmental Protection Law for the first time in twenty-five years.<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/>
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| 2014 || June || General || Infrastructure || {{w|SDAS UAV}} is introduced as an {{w|unmanned aerial vehicle}} specifically for pollution surveillance missions.
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| 2014 || || {{w|Air pollution}} || {{w|Statistics}} || A record 17 million new cars on the road are calculated in the year, further contributing to China’s high emissions.<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/>
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| 2014 || || {{w|Air pollution}} || Reserch || Approximately 4 billion tons of coal are consumed in the country in the year, more than the rest of the world combined.<ref name="Helping China Fight Air Pollution">{{cite web |title=Helping China Fight Air Pollution |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2018/06/11/helping-china-fight-air-pollution |website=worldbank.org |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || || General || Infrastructure || {{w|JSYU UAV}}, a Chinese {{w|Unmanned aerial vehicle}}, is introduced. The device is developed for pollution surveillance and agricultural missions.
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| 2015 || January 1 || General || Policy || China formally begins implementing an updated Environmental Protection Law. This is the first time China's fundamental environmental protection statute is revised since its promulgation in 1989.<ref name="China: China’s New Environmental Protection Law">{{cite web |last1=Falk |first1=Robert L. |last2=Wee |first2=Jasmine |title=China: China’s New Environmental Protection Law |url=http://www.mondaq.com/china/x/345932/Environmental+Law/Chinas+New+Environmental+Protection+Law |website=mondaq.com |accessdate=6 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || || {{w|Air pollution}} || Statistics || The national coal power plant capacity increases by 55 percent in the first six months, 155 new coal-fired plants are approved, and the Chinese Government admits that it has underreported its annual coal consumption since 2000.<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/>
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| 2015 || || {{w|Water pollution}} || Research || A reported 3.78 billion cubic meters of untreated wastewater was discharged across China in the year. This is water that has been ruled unusable for agricultural, industrial and even decorative purposes dumped into rivers and lakes.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web |title=In China, the water you drink is as dangerous as the air you breathe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jun/02/china-water-dangerous-pollution-greenpeace |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=19 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || December 12 || {{w|Air pollution}} || || The first {{w|Bluetech Award}} Ceremony is held in Beijing. It is an annual award presented by the {{w|Clean Air Alliance of China}} (CAAC) to recognize outstanding technologies that prevent and control different forms and sources of air pollution.
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| 2016 || || {{w|Air pollution}} || Organization || The Regional Ozone Sino-US Collaborative Research Center is established at Duke Kunshan University. It is the first research institute for ozone pollution control in the country.<ref name="As China Cuts Air Pollution, An Unseen Killer Emerges">{{cite web |title=As China Cuts Air Pollution, An Unseen Killer Emerges |url=https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003590/as-china-cuts-air-pollution%2C-an-unseen-killer-emerges |website=sixthtone.com |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref>
