Abstract:

China' s Soil Environmental Protection Law should focus on pollution abatement, give consideration to pollution prevention, especially to prevent the farmland pollution caused by agriculture, and authorize Ministry of Environmental Protection to make a list of controlled pollutants excluding radioactive substances. Several systems should be established: the plan, survey and standard systems of soil environmental protection, the system of soil pollution control areas, and the survey report system of soil environmental quality. The government should guide and lead peasants to deal with farmland pollution. The polluted soil other than farmland should be decontaminated and remedied by the responsible party or the government. The decontamination and remediation of polluted soil should be conducted with consideration of multiple factors, including how the soil can be used in the future.

Key words: soil environmental protection, soil environmental quality standard, soil pollution control area, responsible party