China's national legislature adopted on Thursday the Ecological and Environmental Code at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress, opening a new chapter for systematic environmental governance. 十四屆全國人大四次會議閉幕會於週四表決通過《生態環境法典》，中國國家立法機關為系統性環境治理翻開嶄新篇章。 The compilation of the code was initiated in November 2023. The draft legislation underwent three rounds of deliberation by the NPC Standing Committee last year prior to its submission to the session. 該法典編纂工作於 2023 年 11 月啟動，草案在提請本次大會審議前，已於去年由全國人大常委會進行三次審議。 Wang Canfa, a professor of environmental law at China University of Political Science and Law, hailed the adoption as "a significant event" in the country's advancement of ecological civilization. 中國政法大學環境法教授王燦發稱，法典的通過是我國推進生態文明建設的一件大事。 "Compiling disparate environmental statutes into a comprehensive ecologic...