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China’s revised Water Law to take effect on March 22, 2027
China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a revised Water Law on November 6.
The law covers water planning, protection, use, conservation, river and lake management, and water infrastructure.
It sets out principles including prioritising water conservation and coordinating government action with market mechanisms.
It also calls for coordinated management of water resources, ecosystems, the environment and water-related disasters.
The changes matter because they set rules for how China protects, develops and uses water.
The revised law takes effect on March 22, 2027.
China’s revised Water Law was passed on November 6, 2026, by the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress.
The law will take effect on March 22, 2027.
It has nine chapters covering water planning, protection, development, use, conservation and management.
The law calls for water conservation, coordinated management and balancing government action with market mechanisms.
- Who
- The Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress passed the law.
- What
- China’s revised Water Law was adopted. It will take effect on March 22, 2027.
- When
- November 6, 2026; it takes effect on March 22, 2027.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- Not stated
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The Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress passed the revised Water Law.
The revised Water Law is scheduled to take effect.
- Adoption date
- November 6, 2026
- Effective date
- March 22, 2027
- Number of chapters
- 9
- Adopting body
- Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress