Among the less controversial new legislation is the following: Legislation on soil and groundwater pollution will raise the penalties for such pollution, up to life imprisonment if the pollution leads to death. A fund will be established to clean up future cases of soil and groundwater contamination.
環保方面的「土壤及地下水污染整治法」，大幅提高污染土壤及地下水的刑責，因而致人於死者，最高將處無期徒刑，未來也將設土壤及地下水污染整治基金，專責整治受污染的土壤及地下水。