The law for the protection of Yangtze River took effect

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BEIJING, 1 March, 2021 (TON): On Monday, the Yangtze River Protection Law officially takes effect, with the aim of protecting China's longest river.

The law aimed at strengthening the ecological protection and restoration of the Yangtze River Basin, promoting the rational and efficient use of resources, ensuring ecological safety, and realizing the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.

It also features new requirements for the Yangtze River biological protection, sewage treatment, flood control and disaster relief, and ecological restoration. 

The implementation of this law means we're attaching greater importance to the health of the river and environmental protection. This is the way green, eco-friendly development should go," Wang Fengchun, deputy director of the Legislation Department of China's National People's Congress Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.

The coordinating departments said the Law marks a change in direction for China.

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