China issues revised rules for emergency response plans

On Feb. 7, 2024, China’s State Counsil issued revised Measures on Emergency Response Plans, which came into effect immediately, replacing the 2013 version. These measures classify emergency response plans into two categories: plans prepared by the government or government departments, and plans by businesses, other entities and grassroots organizations. The measures cover the planning, authoring, review and approval, publication, notification, education, publicity, training, evaluation, revision, etc. of emergency response plans.