The second draft of the Pollution Prevention and Control, Legal Liability, and Supplementary Provisions of the Ecological Environment Code will be submitted for review at the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress. Wang Xiang, spokesperson for the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, stated at a press conference on the 23rd that the second draft of the pollution prevention and control plan intends to strengthen the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. In April of this year, the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress conducted the initial review of the draft of the Ecological Environment Code. Wang Xiang said that according to various opinions, the second review draft of the pollution prevention and control draft is proposed to make the following main revisions: firstly, to enrich the overall requirements of pollution prevention and control work, and to add content to improve the quality of the ecological environment and ensure public health. The second is to increase the funding guarantee for agricultural and rural pollution prevention and control, and strengthen the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. The third is to further strengthen the prevention and control of heavy metal pollution. The fourth is to improve the standards for the prevention and control of volatile organic compound pollution, strengthen the supervision of heavy truck air pollution prevention and control, and the falsification of emission inspections for motor vehicles and other vehicles, and clarify the supervision and inspection requirements for the emission status of air pollutants from ships. The fifth is to increase the content of investigation and evaluation of groundwater conditions. Sixth, further strengthen the prevention and control of water pollution from ships entering inland rivers. Seventh, we will improve the plan for preventing and controlling solid waste pollution and the standards for preventing and controlling industrial solid waste pollution, and strengthen the prevention and control of construction waste pollution. Eighth, clarify the conditions for obtaining the qualification of a radioactive pollution monitoring institution. Ninth, improve the system for preventing and controlling chemical pollution. (New Society)