China continuously strengthens its legal framework on nuclear safety, which encompasses laws and corresponding administrative regulations and departmental rules at the national and local levels, supplemented by technical standards, covering all areas of nuclear energy development and utilization, and providing an adequate level of legal certainty for this sector. Laws and regulations enacted as of 2019 include: the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution, the Nuclear Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Management of Civilian Nuclear Installations, the Regulations on the Supervision and Management for Civilian Nuclear Safety Equipment, and the Regulations on the Safe Transportation of Radioactive Materials. Also as of 2019, over 30 sets of departmental rules and 100 sets of safety guidelines, and over 1,000 sets of national and industry standards related to nuclear safety had been enacted, in addition to over 200 sets of local regulations issued by China’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. Laws, regulations and standards are revised and updated on an ongoing basis to reflect domestic and international best practices and lessons learned in the field of nuclear safety, by taking into account the latest safety requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the experience of countries with advanced nuclear technologies.