The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and Law of People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Clean Production, protecting the environment, accelerating the establishment and improving clean production standard system and regulating the preparation of guidelines for clean production audit. The standard provides terminologies and definitions in the guidelines, principle and procedures of formulation, requirements on content, methodology and format. It applies to all industrial sectors for preparation and revision of guidelines of clean production audit. Guidelines of clean production audit for agriculture and service sector may be prepared and revised based on the standard as reference. This is the first issue of the standard.

Cleaner production audit guideline  Directive for standardization (HJ 469－2009)