China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment and SAMR jointly issued the Textile
Industry Water Pollutant Discharge Standard, consolidating four existing sectors
rules (dyeing/finishing, silk reeling, wool and hemp) and extending coverage to
synthetic-fiber weaving and industrial textile products to achieve full industry
coverage. The standard adds a zebrafish-egg acute toxicity indicator, requires
source separation of textile and domestic sewage, and promotes relocation of
textile firms from urban areas into industrial parks to enable park-level system
governance and coordinated pollution and carbon reduction. Regulators note about
149,000 textile enterprises in China, roughly 86% of them SMEs with uneven
pollution-control capacity.
