| Time | Publishing department | File name | Main content |
| September 2015 | Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, State Council | “Overall Plan for Reform and Reform of Ecological Civilization System” | Speed up the establishment of a mandatory garbage classification system, and implement mandatory recycling of low-value waste such as composite packaging, batteries, and agricultural films. |
| December 2016 | National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan National Urban Domestic Waste Harmless Treatment Facilities Construction Plan” | To speed up the construction of treatment facilities, it is necessary to improve the garbage collection and transportation system, including the overall arrangement of domestic garbage transfer stations, eliminate open collection and transportation facilities, and strengthen the upgrading and transformation of garbage operation stations. |
| March 2017 | National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | “Implementation Plan of Domestic Waste Classification System” | It is required to test first in 46 pilot cities, compulsory classification of domestic waste, and establish a system of laws, regulations and standards for waste classification before the end of 2020. |
| July 2018 | National Development and Reform Commission | “Opinions on Innovating and Improving the Price Mechanism for Promoting Green Development” | Comprehensively establish a reasonable cost and profitable solid waste treatment charging mechanism, and accelerate the establishment of an incentive and restraint mechanism that is conducive to promoting waste classification and reduction, resource utilization, and harmless treatment. |
| June 2019 | Nine ministries including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | “Notice on the comprehensive implementation of domestic waste classification in cities at prefecture-level and above across the country” | By 2020, 46 key cities will have basically completed domestic waste sorting and processing systems. |