6月下旬,十二届全国人大常委会第二十八次会议通过了水污染防治法修正案,并对土壤污染防治法草案进行了初审。此前三年多时间内,环境保护法、大气污染防治法、野生动物保护法、海洋环境保护法已先后大修完工,深海海底区域资源勘探开发法亦新法告成。这一系列信号标志着,环保与资源立法已步入了升级转型的快车道。 In late June, the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress passed an amendment to the Law of Water Pollution Prevention and Control and conducted a preliminary review of the draft law on the prevention and control of soil pollution. Over the past more than three years, the Law on Environmental Protection, the Law on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, the Law on the Protection of Wildlife, and the Law on the Protection of the Marine Environment have successively completed overhaul. The Law of Exploration and Development of Resources in the Seabed Area in the Deep Sea has also succeeded. This series of signals indicate that environmental protection and resource legislation have entered a fast lane of upgrading and transformation.