The Marine Environmental Protection Law, issued in 1982, was revised in 1999 and implemented in April 2000. The new law makes specific provisions on the supervision and management of the marine environment, the investigation, monitoring, monitoring, evaluation and scientific research of the marine environment, the prevention and control of marine pollution engineering and construction projects, and the prevention of marine pollution damage caused by marine dumping.
The "Bohai Blue Sea Action Plan" is one of the initiatives to clean up the ocean in recent years. The plan imposes certain restrictive regulations on marine pollution discharges such as the discharge of waste from offshore oil (gas) fields and ships into the sea and the dumping of waste into the ocean.
At present, more than 80 marine nature reserves of various types have been established nationwide, including 24 national marine nature reserves. These marine nature reserves protect the coasts, estuaries, islands and other marine habitats with high scientific research, teaching, and natural and historical value, protect rare and endangered marine animals such as the Chinese white dolphin and their habitats, and also protect mangroves, coral reefs, etc. Typical marine ecosystems such as coastal wetlands.
