Administration TWo important events happened in 1972 China sent a delegation and attended the stockholm Conference on human Environment A large number of fishes died in GuanTing Reservoir. There was rumor said due to "class enemy. Later it was found due to water pollution. a leading panel was set up on water resource protection for the reservoir that was the earliest government unit on environment 1973 in State Council Office of Environmental Protection 1982, Environmental Protection Bureau, under ministry of Urban and rural Development and Environmental Protection( MURDEP) 1984, National Environmental Protection Agency(NEPA), under MURDEP 1988, State Environmental Protection Administration(SEPA), directly under State Counci 2008, Ministry of environmental Protection Corresponding departments are set up in local governmentsAdministration • Two important events happened in 1972: – China sent a delegation and attended the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. – A large number of fishes died in GuanTing Reservoir. There was rumor said due to “class enemy”. Later it was found due to water pollution. A leading panel was set up on water resource protection for the reservoir that was the earliest government unit on environment • 1973, in State Council, Office of Environmental Protection • 1982, Environmental Protection Bureau, under Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and Environmental Protection (MURDEP); • 1984, National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), under MURDEP; • 1988, State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), directly under State Council; • 2008, Ministry of Environmental Protection • Corresponding departments are set up in local governments