The purposes of this Regulation are to prevent, treat and reduce the pollution and damage to the marine environment caused by marine engineering construction projects, keep a marine ecological balance, and preserve marine resources.
Marine engineering construction projects refer to projects that are built for the exploitation, utilization, protection and restoration of marine resources, and whose main parts are situated along the coastline to the side of the sea. Environmental impact assessment reports shall be formulated according to the provisions set out in the text. The Regulation makes provisions for the prevention and treatment of the pollution caused by marine projects and of pollution accidents, and for the disposal of pollutants occurred in the marine oil and gas mineral resources exploration and exploitation. The state marine administrative department shall be responsible for the supervision over and administration of the environmental protection work on the marine projects across the country.