Thailand
On May 22, 2025, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) under Thailand’s Ministry of Industry promulgated the Notification of the Department of Industrial Works: B.E. 2568 (2025) Guidelines for Visual …
China
On May 14, 2025, China’s central government released a new policy, aimed at improving the market-based allocation of environmental resources. The guideline, titled the “Framework for the Market-Based Allocation …
Malaysia
The Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE) announced proposed amendments to the Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014 on May 26, 2025, and is seeking comments for a two-month period. Under …
China
On April 10, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published “Official Guidelines on more Effective Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Construction of Facilities Involving New Pollutants” in key …
Vietnam
On December 30, 2024, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued Circular 45/2024/TT-BTNMT, establishing QCVN 19:2024/BTNMT on the National Technical Standard for Industrial Emission. This new standard replaces the …
India
On March 26, 2025, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued the “Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2025,” which will enter into force a year from the …
China
On February 26, 2025, the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Zhejiang Province issued the “Zero-Carbon (Near-Zero) Factory Development and Construction Plan (2025-2027)”. This plan aims to achieve carbon …
China
On Jan. 27, 2025, the government of Beijing, China announced 2025 action plans for air, water and soil pollution control, climate change response, and ecological protection. The official notice refers …
China
On Jan. 22, 2025, China’s Zhejiang province issued a mandatory provincial standard for air pollutant emissions from boilers (DB 33/1415-2025). It sets out requirements for the control and monitoring of …
China
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Shanghai, China issued detailed regulations, including an independent table, on the environmental credit evaluation of pollution-discharging entities in …
Vietnam
On January 5, 2025, the Government of Vietnam promulgated “Decree No. 05/2025/ND-CP Amending and Supplementing Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP Detailing a Number of Articles of Law on Environmental Protection”, which came …
Philippines
In the Philippines, four draft administrative orders related to air pollution were released in 2024 to solicit public comments. The four draft administrative orders respectively set out (1) environmental standards …
Vietnam
On November 21, 2024, Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) promulgated Decree No. 153/2024/ND-CP Stipulating Environmental Protection Fees for Exhaust Emissions (hereafter “the Decree”). The Decree establishes provisions …
China
On November 5, 2024, the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment published a mandatory local standard “Air Pollutant Emission Standard for Rubber Product Industry” (DB 12/1353-2024). The standard will …
China
On Nov. 6, 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a draft national ecology and environment standard for the evaluation of the implementation of national standards for pollution discharge, …
China
On Nov. 3, 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced a Program for Full Implementation of Pollution Discharge Permits. These permits cover not only pollution discharge but also industrial …
India
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has published three rules on the manner of holding inquiry regarding emissions and effluent in November 2024, all of which came …
China
On Sept. 24, 2024, the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Shanghai, China published a mandatory local standard called the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Paint, Ink and …
China
On Aug. 5, 2024, the government of Shanghai, China published a local standard called the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Printing Industry (DB 31/872-2024). It is a revision of …
Thailand
On August 8, 2024, the Ministry of Industry (MOI) of Thailand promulgated MOI Notification on the 2nd version of the Regulations Requiring Factories to Install Special Tools or Equipment for …
Thailand
On August 8, 2024, in Thailand, the “Department of Industrial Works Notification on Guidelines for Collecting Samples of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds at Factory Boundary Fences During Major Maintenance Work …
Current state of air quality in the Philippines In the latest National Air Quality Status Report (NAQSR) of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural …
China
On May 13, 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a draft program for the full implementation of the pollutant discharge permit scheme. The ministry sought comments on the …
Thailand
In March 2024, the Ministry of Industry of Thailand released the Ministerial Draft Notification on Data Reporting on Types and Amounts of Pollutants from Factory Operations (hereinafter referred to as …
China
On March 28, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation published “opinions” on carrying out an action plan to promote green, low-carbon, high-quality boilers. The opinions are based on the …
China
On April 1, 2024, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment promulgated the revised version of the Measures on Pollutant Discharge Permits. The revised Measures will come into effect on July …
China
On Feb. 29, 2024, the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Shanghai, China, issued mandatory local standard called the Discharge Standards of Pollutants for Semiconductor Industry (DB 31/ 374-2024). …
China identifies weather with Air Quality Index (AQI) greater than 200 as heavy pollution weather and above. At the routine press conference of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of …
South Korea
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that a proposed partial amendment to the Presidential Decree on the Clean Air Conservation Act, mainly aimed at tightening control on uncertified exhaust gas …
China
On December 7, 2023, the China’s State Council published the “Action plan for continuous improvement of air quality”. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and neighboring areas, Yangtze River Delta, and Fenwei Plain …
Malaysia
The Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE) reported on December 2, 2023, that fines amounting to 420,000 ringgit were imposed for the illegal dumping of chemical waste in 2019. P Tech …
China
On Nov. 17, 2023, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong province, China, published 2023 versions of calculation methods for the reduction of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from …
South Korea
On October 26, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued two public notices proposing new amendments to the Enforcement Order and the Enforcement Rules of the Clean …
The month of November indicate beginning of winter in Thailand. This is the time of the year that marks an onset of air pollution season. Thailand has been facing a …
Indonesia
In August 2023, the Indonesian Ministry of Industry (MOI) promulgated the Minister of Industry’s Circular No. 2/2023 on Reporting on Exhaust Gas Emission Control in the Industrial Sector in the …
Thailand
Thai Ministry of Natural Reources and Environment announced two notifications (1) Notification of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment prescribing standards for controlling air emissions from power plants, B.E. …
Indonesia
In August 2023, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia promulgated Ministerial Circular SK.929/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/8/2023, which stipulates air pollution control measures in the metropolitan area. The Circular orders to implement …
Vietnam
On August 11, 2023, the Vietnamese government released a draft of Decree on Environmental Protection Fee for Exhaust Gas (hereinafter “the Draft”) and began soliciting comments from the public. The …
*Taiwan
On August 3, 2023, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Agency announced the amendment to the regulation “The first batch of hazardous air pollutants and emission limits for the stationary pollution …
China
On June 7, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published on its website a mandatory industry standard called the Technical Specification for Quality Inspection of Pollutant Discharge Permit (HJ …
China
On May 26, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published on its website a mandatory industry standard called the Technical Specification for Two-dimensional Code Identification of Pollutant Discharge Outlet …
Pakistan
Punjab province of Pakistan will tighten air pollution regulations.
Vietnam
On June 7, 2023, the Vietnam Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), together with the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry …
India
On June 26, 2023, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the draft of “Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules, 2023”. The draft aims to establish and implement …
Thailand
The Pollution Control Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, published the “Notification of the Pollution Control Department, Re: Thailand Air Quality Index B.E.2566 (2023)” dated on 16 …
Bangladesh
On March 5, 2023, Environmental Conservation Rules 2023 has been enacted by the Bangladesh’s Department of Environment, under Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995. The Rules are effective immediately by repealing …
China
On February 9, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a national ecology and environment standard called “Stationary Source Emission—Specifications for Continuous Monitoring of Nonmethane Hydrocarbons” (HJ 1286-2023), which …
South Korea
On April 18, 2023, the government of South Korea announced the promulgation of the revised Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief thereof (hereinafter “the Act”).
India
On May 16, 2023, India has promulgated the Environmental (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2022, to further tighten the emission standards for particulate matter (PM) released from industrial boilers, which was set …
China
On March 30, 2023, the Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau of Beijing, China, published a municipal standard, “Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment—Integrated Circuit Manufacturing” (DB11/T 2080-2023), which will come …
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