The Administrative Measures for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste, Measures for the Administration of Residential Housing Maintenance Funds and other new regulations took effect on 1 February 2008.

Under the Administrative Measures for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste, units engaged in electronic waste dismantling must make environmental impact assessment and build pollution prevention and control facilities in accordance with law. Environmental protection departments at county level and above must compile and publish a list of units and individuals engaged in the dismantling of electronic wastes. Any individuals and units (including individually-owned businesses) not on the list (including provisional list) are prohibited from engaging in the dismantling, utilisation and disposal of electronic wastes. The measures also ban the burning of electronic wastes in the open and the disposal of such wastes by direct dumping.

According to the Measures for the Administration of Residential Housing Maintenance Funds, owners of residential and non-residential commodity housing must make contributions to the maintenance fund based on the floor area owned. The first instalment of such contribution amounts to 5%-8% of the local construction cost for each sqm owned. Misappropriation of maintenance fund is punishable by confiscation of illegal proceeds and a fine up to 200% of the amount misappropriated. Property management enterprises which misappropriate the maintenance fund may have their business licence revoked if the circumstances of the offence are serious.

Under the Measures for Land Registration promulgated by the Ministry of Land and Resources, any transfer of land that is not registered has no legal effect even if the transfer is made in accordance with law. However, inheritance and gift of land have legal effect even if the land is not registered, but the land must be registered when it is further transferred.