Regulations on Administration of Seismic Safety Evaluation (2019 Revision)

Regulations on Administration of Seismic Safety Evaluation (2019 Revision) Regulations on Administration of Seismic Safety Evaluation (Promulgated by the No. 323 of the Decree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on November 15, 2001; revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council to Amend and Repeal Certain Administrative Regulations on March 1, 2017; and amend in accordance with the Decision of the State Council to Amend Certain Administrative Regulations on March 2, 2019) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters for the purposes of strengthening administration of seismic safety evaluation, protecting against and mitigating earthquake disasters and ensuring the people's safety of lives and property. Article 2 These Regulations must be observed when conducting seismic safety evaluation within the territory of the People's Republic of China. Article 3 In building, expanding and rebuilding a project for which seismic safety shall be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters and these Regulations, the technical norms of the State on seismic safety evaluation must be strictly followed to ensure the quality of such evaluation. Article 4 The competent department for seismic work under the State Council shall be responsible for supervising and administrating seismic safety evaluation throughout the country. The administrative departments or institutions for seismic work under the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for supervising and administrating seismic safety evaluation in their respective administrative areas. Article 5 The State encourages and supports scientific and technological research in seismic safety evaluation, spreads the application of advanced scientific and technological achievements in order to improve the scientific and technological level of seismic safety evaluation. Chapter II Seismic Safety Evaluation Entities Article 6 Entities engaging in seismic safety evaluation shall meet the following requirements: (1) Having professionals qualified for conducting seismic safety evaluation in the areas of seismology, seismogeology and engineering seismology. (2) Having technical conditions for conducting seismic safety evaluation. Article 7 A seismic safety evaluation entity is prohibited from undertaking any seismic safety evaluation business in the name of any other seismic safety evaluation entity, and from allowing any other entity to undertake the seismic safety evaluation business in its name. Chapter III The Scope of and Requirements for Seismic Safety Evaluation Article 8 Seismic safety evaluation must be conducted for the following projects; (1) major construction projects of the Stat......