The current standard is developed for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution and Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, protecting the environment, ensuring human health and standardizing, ensuring the quality of environmental monitoring and improving the management of environmental monitoring. The current standard specifies the basic requirements for environmental monitoring quality system and the method for QA/QC during environmental monitoring process. The current standard is applicable to various kinds of environmental monitoring activities. It is also applicable to the competent environmental protection administrative department for administration of environmental monitoring. The environmental monitoring activities of other institutions may refer to this standard. The current standard is released for the first time in China.

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Technical guideline on environmental monitoring quality management(HJ 630-2011)