China China Approves Amendments to Annexes A and B of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Adopted at COP-5 Decision 5/4

China Approves Amendments to Annexes A and B of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Adopted at COP-5 Decision 5/4

On October 28, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China announced that it has approved the “Amendments to Annex A and Annex B of the Minamata Convention on Mercury” adopted under Decision 5/4 at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5). The full text of the announcement is as follows:

Author / Responsibility

LIU Yake

Researcher, Research & Consulting Dept. EnviX Ltd.

Business Performance

worked as a research assistant at Department of Environmental Planning and Management, School of Environment, Tsinghua University for 4 years, and then joint in Envix in April, 2022, currently is mainly responsible for consulting on EHS regulation compliance in East Asia.

Background

MA, Environmental Econimics, Hiroshima University

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