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The Regulations on Ecological Environment Monitoring have arrived! Interpretation of Key Points for Enterprise self-monitoring and Strict Supervision, to be Implemented on January 1, 2026
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2025-11-12
The Regulations on Ecological Environment Monitoring shall come into effect on January 1, 2026. Enterprises are required to develop self-monitoring plans in accordance with relevant ecological environment monitoring norms and standards, and install and use video surveillance equipment at the main monitoring points; Monitoring equipment that meets national standards and regulations should be used, a sound monitoring data quality management system should be established, and original monitoring records should be kept. No falsification of monitoring data is allowed in any way.
The Regulations on Ecological Environment Monitoring (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") shall come into effect on January 1, 2026. The Regulation aims to regulate ecological environment monitoring activities, enhance ecological environment monitoring capabilities and levels, and ensure the quality of ecological environment monitoring data. Among them, Chapter 3 "Self monitoring" has put forward unprecedentedly strict requirements for all enterprises and institutions that have legal monitoring obligations, stipulating the obligations, regulatory requirements, and legal responsibilities of enterprises, institutions, and related parties, and designing a series of innovative and targeted institutional measures.
Part 01 Who will be responsible? Dual responsibility of enterprise and 'responsible person'
The Regulation stipulates that enterprises and institutions shall establish and improve a monitoring data quality management system. More importantly, enterprises, institutions, and their 'responsible persons' should jointly take responsibility for the authenticity and accuracy of monitoring data. This means that once there is a problem with the data, not only will the unit be punished, but the relevant responsible persons will also be held accountable.
Part 02 How to monitor ? Standardization and transparency of the entire process
The Regulation has put forward detailed compliance requirements for the entire process of self-monitoring, blocking almost all "operational space".
1. Establish a system: Enterprises and institutions should establish and improve a monitoring data quality management system. Enterprises and institutions, as well as their responsible persons, are responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of monitoring data. Punish enterprises and institutions that have not established quality management systems with a fine of 20000 to 200000 yuan. This means that establishing a monitoring data quality management system has transformed from a soft requirement that enterprises and institutions can choose independently to a mandatory legal obligation that must be established and strictly enforced in accordance with the law. In the future, enterprises and institutions must strengthen the full process management of sampling, analysis, recording, auditing and other activities to ensure the quality of self-monitoring data.
2. Developing a plan: To carry out self-monitoring, a monitoring plan must be developed first, specifying the monitoring points, indicators, frequency, and methods.
3. Equipment compliance: Monitoring equipment that meets national standards and specifications must be used, and maintenance, upkeep, calibration, and calibration must be carried out in accordance with regulations. Extend the regulatory perspective to the device management end. In practice, some device manufacturers intentionally reserve a "backdoor" for data fraud. The Regulation specifies that for monitoring equipment that does not comply with national standards or regulations, the management department may disclose the relevant information of the equipment, as well as the producers and sellers, to the society and notify the market supervision and management department. The market supervision department will handle the producers and sellers in accordance with the law, achieving closed-loop management of monitoring equipment, promoting the formation of a "survival of the fittest" monitoring equipment market environment, and compressing the "space for fraud" from the source.
4. Video surveillance: The main monitoring points should be installed and used with video surveillance equipment according to regulations, and connected to the ecological environment management department. This is a highly targeted measure. Through video surveillance, remote, real-time, and visual management of monitoring core processes can be achieved, making it impossible for behaviors such as unauthorized changes to sampling points and illegal interference with monitoring equipment to be exposed, greatly enhancing the deterrent power of supervision.
5. Automatic monitoring: Those who are required by law to install automatic monitoring equipment must install, use, and connect to the competent department. If any abnormal data is found, it must be reported and checked for repair in a timely manner.
6. Manual monitoring: If manual monitoring is used, it is necessary to truthfully record the production load, operation of pollution prevention and control facilities, and other working conditions during the period to ensure that the monitoring data is representative.
Part 03 Where is the red line? The data falsification behavior explicitly prohibited by the Regulations
Article 25 of the Regulation clearly delineates the absolute red line for "falsification" of monitoring data in enterprises and institutions through a list:
Creating something out of nothing: Without actual monitoring, a monitoring report was directly issued.
Tampering and forging: Tampering and forging original monitoring records and monitoring data.
Intentional omission: Intentionally omitting monitoring items or changing monitoring conditions.
Interference sampling: Changing monitoring samples or changing sampling points, times, etc. without authorization to interfere with sampling activities.
Technical cheating: distorting monitoring data through abnormal operation, damaging monitoring equipment, modifying monitoring equipment parameter settings without authorization, or using cheating tools and any other means.
Other monitoring data falsification behaviors.
Part 04 What are the consequences ? Severe punishment of "fine+suspension of production"
In response to the above requirements, the Regulation stipulates severe punishment measures in Chapter 6 "Legal Responsibilities":
1. Punishment for "non-standard monitoring" (Article 42)
If a company engages in behaviors such as data distortion due to non-compliance with monitoring standards, non-compliance or non maintenance of equipment, failure to install and use video or automatic monitoring equipment as required, failure to connect to the internet as required, false manual monitoring condition records, failure to establish quality management systems, failure to preserve original records as required, or failure to disclose information in accordance with the law:
Conventional punishment: Order correction and impose a fine of no less than 20000 yuan and no more than 200000 yuan.
Serious consequences: Those who refuse to make corrections shall be ordered to suspend production and business.
2. Punishment for "data fraud" (Article 44)
If an enterprise or institution implements or implies to others the falsification of monitoring data:
For the unit: Order correction and impose a fine of no less than 100000 yuan and no more than 1 million yuan.
For individuals: impose a fine of no less than 50000 yuan and no more than 200000 yuan on the directly responsible supervisors and other directly responsible personnel.
Serious consequences: If the circumstances are serious, the company shall be ordered to suspend production and business.
Part 05 Other Legal Obligations of Enterprises and Monitoring
In addition to the core regulations mentioned above, enterprises must also fulfill:
Record retention obligation: Original monitoring records must be kept for at least 5 years (except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations)
Information disclosure obligation: It is necessary to publicly disclose self-monitoring related information in accordance with the law and accept social supervision.
Obligation to cooperate with inspections: Must cooperate with on-site inspections by regulatory authorities and must not refuse or obstruct.
Enterprises conducting self-monitoring should develop monitoring plans in accordance with relevant norms and standards for ecological environment monitoring, and install and use video surveillance equipment at the main monitoring points; Monitoring equipment that meets national standards and regulations should be used, a sound monitoring data quality management system should be established, and original monitoring records should be kept. No falsification of monitoring data is allowed in any way.
The implementation of the Regulations on Ecological Environment Monitoring means that the country has further strengthened the supervision of enterprises' self-monitoring. All enterprises and institutions with legal monitoring obligations should immediately conduct self-examination and self correction in accordance with the Regulations, improve internal management systems, ensure compliance throughout the entire process of self-monitoring, and avoid heavy penalties under the new regulations.
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