Laws of the People's Republic of China

MOFCOM, NDRC, SASAC, SEPA, CNTA, SAC

Circular of MOFCOM, NDRC, SASAC, SEPA, CNTA, SAC of the People's Republic of China, on Initiating the Program of Green Hotel Establishment

Shang Gai Fa [2005] No. 655

The departments of commercial administration in all the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, separately listed cities, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Development and Reform Commission, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institutions, Environmental Protection Administration, Tourism Administration and Quality and Technology Supervision Administration:

In order to implement requirements of related documents, tasks concerning promoting resource conservation in accommodation industry and environment protection, and initiating the program of Green Hotel establishment are notified as follows:

Principles and Goals:

The government shall enhance guidance, related responsible sectors and guilds shall jointly organize the activity, the public shall participate, comprehensively promote resource conservation and environment protection.

Guide the accommodation enterprises to develop establishment towards resource conservation and environment protection, set up management ideology concerning Green Operation and lasting effect system concerning conservation, popularize resource conservation and environment protection technology and products, so as to establish 10 thousand Green Hotels by 2010.

Key content:

Vigorously publicize the necessity and significance of establishing the resource conservation and environment protection society and the Green Hotels.

Guide the accommodation enterprises to conserve the resources.

Guide the accommodation enterprises to protect environment.

Guide the accommodation enterprises to use resource conservation and environment protection technology and products.

Organize and implement national standards for Green Hotel.

Bring the representation into play.

Ministry of Commerce

National Development and Reform Commission

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council State Environmental Protection Administration

China National Tourism Administration

Standardization Administration

December 30, 2005