中国重视保护人类赖以生存和持续发展的生态环境，制定了环境保护法，确立了经济建设、社会发展与环境保护协调发展的基本方针，规定了各级政府、一切单位和个人保护环境的权利和义务。为预防建设项目对环境产生不利影响，制定了环境影响评价法。针对特定环境保护对象，制定了水污染防治、海洋环境保护、大气污染防治、环境噪声污染防治、固体废物污染环境防治、放射性污染防治等法律。国务院制定了建设项目环境保护管理条例、危险化学品安全管理条例、排污费征收使用管理条例、危险废物经营许可证管理办法等行政法规。地方人大结合本地区的具体情况，制定了一大批环境保护方面的地方性法规。中国已经建立了国家环境保护标准体系，截至2010年底，共颁布1300余项国家环境保护标准。中国还不断加强环境领域行政执法，近5年来，共依法查处环境违法企业8万多家(次)，取缔关闭违法排污企业7293家。

    中国还制定了教育法、义务教育法、高等教育法、职业教育法、教师法和幼儿园管理条例、教师资格条例、中外合作办学条例等法律法规，建立健全了国民教育制度；制定了药品管理法、母婴保健法、献血法、传染病防治法、体育法、国境卫生检疫法、食品安全法和医疗器械监督管理条例、中医药条例、反兴奋剂条例等法律法规，建立健全了保障公民身体健康、生命安全的医药卫生制度；制定了居民身份证法、公民出境入境管理法、枪支管理法、消防法、禁毒法、治安管理处罚法、突发事件应对法和看守所条例、大型群众性活动安全管理条例、烟花爆竹安全管理条例等法律法规，建立健全了维护社会秩序和稳定、促进社会和谐、保障公共安全的制度；制定了公务员法、人民警察法、驻外外交人员法和行政机关公务员处分条例等法律法规，建立健全了国家公务员制度；制定了国防动员法、军事设施保护法、人民防空法、兵役法、国防教育法和征兵工作条例、民兵工作条例等法律法规，建立健全了国防和军队建设制度；制定了科学技术进步法、科学技术普及法、文物保护法、非物质文化遗产法和古生物化石保护条例、长城保护条例、电影管理条例等法律法规，建立健全了促进科技进步、保护和繁荣文化的制度。

China attaches great importance to the protection of the ecological environment for mankind's survival and sustainable development. The state has promulgated the Environmental Protection Law, which lays down the basic principle of coordinated development of economic construction, social development and environmental protection, and dictates that governments at all levels, all organizations and individuals have the right and duty to protect the environment. To prevent negative impact on the environment in the course of project construction, the state has enacted the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment. The state has enacted laws for specific targets in environmental protection, such as those on prevention and control of water pollution, marine environment, atmospheric pollution, environmental noise pollution, environmental pollution by solid waste, radioactive pollution, and other laws. The State Council has formulated the Regulations on the Administration of Environmental Protection of Project Construction, Regulations on the Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals, Regulations on the Collection and Use of Pollutant Discharge Fees, Measures on the Administration of Permits for Operations Involving Hazardous Waste, and other administrative regulations. The local people's congresses, in the light of the specific local conditions in their respective areas, have drawn up a large number of local regulations on environmental protection. China has established a system of national environmental protection standards, and had implemented over 1,300 national environmental protection standards by the end of 2010. China is also constantly strengthening the administrative enforcement of environmental protection laws. Over the past five years the state has investigated over 80,000 cases of violation of environmental protection laws, and has closed down 7,293 offending operations in accordance with the law.

China has also enacted the Education Law, Compulsory Education Law, Higher Education Law, Vocational Education Law, Teachers Law, Regulations on the Administration of Kindergartens, Regulations on the Qualifications of Teachers, and Regulations on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools to establish and improve its national education system. It has enacted the Drug Administration Law, Law on Maternal and Infant Health Care, Blood Donation Law, Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Law on Physical Culture and Sport, Frontier Health and Quarantine Law, Food Safety Law, Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, Regulations on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Anti-Doping Regulations to establish and improve the medical health system to ensure the people's health and safety. It has enacted the Law on Residents' Identity Cards, Law on the Control of Frontier Exit and Entry of Citizens, Law on the Control of Guns, Fire Prevention Law, Law on the Control of Narcotics, Law on Public Security Penalties, Emergency Response Law, Regulations on Detention Centers, Regulations on Safety Management of Large-Scale Mass Activities, and Regulations on the Safety Administration of Fireworks and Firecrackers to establish and improve systems aimed at maintaining social order and stability, promoting social harmony and ensuring public security. China has enacted the Civil Servants Law, People's Police Law, Law on Diplomatic Personnel, and Punishment Ordinance for Civil Servants Working in Administrative Organs to set up and improve the system of public service. China has enacted the National Defense Mobilization Law, Law on the Protection of Military Installations, Civil Air Defense Law, Military Service Law, Law on National Defense Education, Regulations on the Recruitment of Soldiers, and Militia Work Regulations to establish and improve the system of national defense and armed forces building. It has formulated the Law on Science and Technology Progress, Law on Popularization of Science and Technology, Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, Law on the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Regulations on the Protection of Fossils, Regulations on the Protection of the Great Wall, and Regulations on the Administration of Films to establish and improve the system to promote scientific and technological progress, and protect and nourish culture.