(Promulgated by the National Environmental Protection Agency on October 3, 1986)ª¥ª¥

Measures for Environmental Protection of Construction Projects (hereinafter refered to as the "Measures") issued by the Environmental Protection commission of the State Council, the State Planning Commission and the State Economic Commission (Guo Huan Zi document 003, 1986) was promulgated for implementation on March 26, 1986. All provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and departments are circulating and implementing the Measures. The jurisdiction to examine and approve the environmental impact statement shall be further explained for the purpose of accurately comprehending the provisions of the Measures.ª¥

According to section 13 in the Measures, the environmental impact statement of three kinds of construction projects shall be reported to the National Environmental Protection Agency for examination and approval:

1£®Interprovincial, transregional and trans-municipal construction projects;ª¥

2£®Special construction projects, (such as nuclear facilities and absolutely confidential projects);ª¥

3£®Extra-large construction projects (submitted to the State Council for examination and approval).ª¥

The first two items can be easily defined, and the third one is further explained as follows:

"Extra-large construction projects" (submitted to the State Council for examination and approval) refer to those whose investment and planning tasks for construction shall be submitted by the State Planning Commission to the State Council for examination and approval. Such projects include the following two categories: ª¥

1£®Construction projects "whose total investment is more than 200 million yuan and shall be submitted by the State Planning Commission to the State Council for examination and approval" in accordance with the provisions of document 2626 (1984) issued by the State Planning Commission, the State Economic Commission, Ministry of Finance, the Industrial and Commercial Bank, the Construction Bank and the State Statistic Bureau; andª¥

2£®Some major projects of large and medium-sized construction projects whose planning tasks shall be submitted by the State Planning Commission to the State Council for examination and approval in accordance with the plan of the State Planning Commission, the Construction Commission and Ministry of Finance (document 234 (1978)). ª¥

In accordance with the provisions of Guo Huan document 003 (1986), the environmental impact statement of such two projects shall be submitted to the National Environmental Protection Agency for examination and approval after preliminary examinations by environmental protection departments at and above the provincial level. The provincial environmental protection departments shall, prior to its approval, submit its examination comments to the National Environmental Protection Agency.