Time limit for pollutant discharge permit application:
　　
　　01. The sewage disposal unit that has been established and actually discharges sewage shall apply for and obtain a sewage permit before December 31, 2019;
　　
　　02. Pollutant discharging units built after December 31, 2019, apply for and obtain a pollutant discharge permit before starting production facilities or before actually discharging pollutants.
　　
　　 Starting from January 1, 2020, the pollutant discharging unit must hold a certificate and discharge the pollution according to the requirements, otherwise, once discovered, it will be ordered to stop production according to law and be severely punished, with a fine of up to 2 million yuan.
　　
　　The newly-built enterprise (or project) shall apply for (or complete the change) for the pollutant discharge permit before starting the production facility or before the actual pollutant discharge. If the pollutant discharge permit has not been obtained (or has not been changed), no pollutant shall be discharged.
　　
If it has been completed before December 31, 2018 and actually discharged sewage, but has not obtained a discharge permit, and the discharge is still unlicensed in 2019, the discharge shall be stopped immediately, the discharge permit shall be applied for as soon as possible according to the procedure, and the environmental protection supervisor shall be accepted Departmental punishment.
　　
　　 In addition to Jiangsu, the reform of the pollution discharge permit system across the country is proceeding in an orderly manner. Tianjin, Jilin, Fujian, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places have basically completed the issuance of pollution permits in 2018.
　　
　　Sichuan: A total of 1,456 certificates were issued in 2018
　　
　　 Sichuan and other places have fully completed the certification task earlier. As of November 30, 2018, Sichuan Province issued a total of 1,456 licenses in 2018. Sichuan Province has a large number of pollution discharge permits issued, coupled with a large number of cities (prefectures), a wide geographical area, scattered enterprises, uneven personnel levels, and an extremely heavy task of issuance.
　　
　　 Jilin: telephone interviews in slow-moving areas
　　
　　As of December 14, 2018, Jilin Province has completed the issuance of pollutant discharge permits for all industrial enterprises in the industry that meet the requirements for issuing permits in 2018.
　　
　　Tianjin: Carry out training to solve the difficulties of enterprises in reporting
　　
As of December 15, 2018, Tianjin has fully completed the issuance of pollutant discharge permits for five industries including starch, ceramics, slaughter and meat products, non-ferrous metals, and sewage treatment plants (built-up areas), and 156 companies have applied for pollutant discharge permits. . In addition, a total of 30 companies in the city are temporarily not applying for certification due to reasons such as construction period and suspension of production. All relevant districts strengthen supervision and prohibit unlicensed sewage discharge.
　　
　　Hunan: Bad information is loaded into the environmental credit system
　　
　　 On the premise of completing the license issuance tasks in Hunan Province, post-license supervision has also been fully rolled out:
　　
　　 1. Strictly investigate and deal with undocumented sewage discharge. For companies in Chenzhou, Zhuzhou, and Hengyang in Hunan Province that are required to issue certificates in 2018 but fail to obtain certificates within the required time limit, local environmental protection departments will immediately impose penalties on them, order the companies to suspend production and remediate, and resolutely investigate unlicensed pollution discharge violations.
　　
　　2. Strengthen the report management after certification, and load bad information into the environmental credit system. In 2018, there were 199 enterprises in the province that did not submit implementation reports for bad information that was included in the initial evaluation system of environmental credit evaluation. Bad information such as implementation reports that were not completed on time has been closely linked to environmental credit related work.
　　
　　3. Carry out pilot projects for post-licensing supervision and strengthen inter-departmental linkages. With some enterprises as the pilot target, strengthen the division of labor within the bureaus, and implement the post-certification management requirements to the responsible departments.