202 1 year new catering regulations under residential buildings

The new regulation for opening restaurants under residential buildings is that fume purification facilities should be installed and kept in normal use or other effective fume purification measures should be taken to prevent pollution to the normal living environment of nearby residents. In residential buildings, commercial and residential buildings and commercial floors adjacent to residential floors without special flues, no new, rebuilt or expanded catering service projects that produce lampblack, odor and waste gas may be built.

Legal objectivity:

Article 81 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution, catering service operators who discharge lampblack shall install lampblack purification facilities and keep them in normal use, or take other lampblack purification measures to discharge lampblack up to the standard to prevent pollution to the normal living environment of nearby residents. It is forbidden to build, rebuild or expand catering service projects that produce oil smoke, odor and waste gas in residential buildings, commercial and residential buildings and commercial floors adjacent to residential floors in commercial and residential buildings without special flues. No unit or individual may barbecue food in the open air or provide a venue for barbecue food in the area prohibited by the local people's government.