Administrative Regulations on Survey and Design of Construction Projects Revised (June 2015)

source：　 date：2015-07-01　 author：

On June 23, the State Council issued the Decision on Revising the Administrative Regulations on the Survey and Design of Construction Projects (the "Decision") for implementation as of the date of promulgation.

According to the Decision, the Administrative Regulations on the Survey and Design of Construction Projects are revised as follows: a new article is added as Article 40, which reads: "Where entities surveying or designing construction projects, in violation of the provisions of the Regulations, fail to prepare the survey or design documents of construction projects in accordance with project approval documents, urban-rural planning and professional planning, and in-depth requirements for the survey or design of construction projects as prescribed by the State, they shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit; if they fail to make corrections within the time limit, they shall be subject to a fine of not less than CNY100,000 but not more than CNY300,000; if accidents are caused due to poor construction quality or the environmental pollution and ecological damage are brought about, such entities shall be ordered to suspend their business for rectification, and shall have their qualifications downgraded; in the case of serious circumstances, their qualification certificates shall be revoked; if losses are caused, they shall assume the liability for compensation in accordance with the law." In addition, the wording "urban planning" in Paragraph 1 of Article 25 is revised to "urban-rural planning", and the sequence of articles thereof is adjusted accordingly.