Three ministries including the Ministry of Finance issued Implementation
Measures for a pilot environmental protection tax on volatile organic compounds
(VOCs). Initial pilot industries are: printing; petroleum, coal and other fuel
processing; chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing;
pharmaceutical manufacturing; iron and steel smelting; general and special
equipment manufacturing; and automobile manufacturing, classified per China’s
national economic industry classification. Authorities said other sectors
subject to VOC controls will be added to the pilot as appropriate.
