Policy Document Titles	Year Formulated	Approved and released by	Goal Statement on the Recycling of Livestock and Poultry Manure by 2020
The “Regulation on the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Large-scale Breeding of Livestock and Poultry”	2014	The State Council of China	This document does not set clear goals by 2020. The Regulation only provides a qualitative description stating that it should “boost the comprehensive utilization and non-hazardous treatment of livestock and poultry waste, protect and improve the environment, guarantee the physical health of the general public, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the livestock husbandry.”
The “Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution”	2015	The State Council of China	Before the end of 2017, livestock and poultry farms (breeding areas) and households specializing in breeding should be closed down or relocated to forbidden areas, with one-year early completion in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, the Yangze River Delta, Pearl River Delta.
The “National Plan for Agricultural Modernization (2016-2020)”	2016	The State Council of China	The comprehensive utilization rate of husbandry waste shall reach 75% by 2020.
The “National Sustainable Agricultural Development Plan (2015-2030)”	2015	Upon approval by the State Council, this document was jointly printed and distributed by eight ministries and commissions, including the MARA.	The comprehensive utilization rate of husbandry waste will exceed 75% by 2020.
The “Plan for Promoting Pilot Program of Agricultural Waste Recycling”	2016	This document was examined and approved by leaders of the State Council and jointly printed and distributed by six ministries and commissions, including the MARA.	About 80% of the large-scale farms in the pilot county will be equipped with excrement treatment facilities that recycle livestock and poultry excrement.
The “Implementation Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture on Conducting Campaign of Non-point Pollution Control”	2015	MARA	Over 75% of large-scale livestock and poultry farms will have waste treatment facilities.
The “Guiding Opinions about Promoting the Adjustment and Optimization of Pig Breeding Layout in Water Network Areas in Southern China”	2015	MARA	(In water network areas in southern China) Over 85% of the large-scale pig farms will be equipped with excrement treatment facilities, and the comprehensive utilization rate of pig excrement will exceed 75%.
The Guiding Opinions about Fast Tracking the Resource Utilization of Husbandry Manure in China	2017	The State Council of China	By 2020, the total utilization rate of husbandry waste will reach 75%, and over 95% of large-scale livestock and poultry farms (breeding areas) will be equipped with waste treatment facilities.