(Promulgated by the State Council on September 15, 1987 and revised according to the January 7, 1998 decision on Power Facility Protection Regulations)
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER TWO SCOPE OF POWER FACILITIES AND PROTECTION ZONES TO BE PROTECTED CHAPTER THREE PROTECTIONS TO POWER FACILITIES CHAPTER FOUR MOVES TO REMOVE OF HAMPERINGS BETWEEN POWER FACILITIES AND OTHER FACILITIES CHAPTER FIVE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER SIX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 1 This set of regulations is formulated with a view to ensuring the smooth-going of power production and construction and a sure protection Article 2 The regulations are eligible to be applied to all power facilities including power generating equipment, power transforming equipment Article 3 Power facilities shall be protected by concerted efforts of power administrative departments, public security organs, power enterprises Article 4 Power facilities are protected by law from any harm brought about by units or individuals whatsoever. Any unit or individual is obliged Power enterprises should strengthen the protection of power facilities. Proper measures should be adopted to stop acts that jeopardize Article 5 The power administrative department under the State Council shall exercise supervision, examination, guidance and coordination with Article 6 The functions and responsibilities of protecting power facilities exercised by power administrative departments at and above the 1. To supervise and examine the implementation of this set of regulations and detailed rules formulated in compliance with this set 2. To publicize and promote works of power facilities protection. 3. To set up power line protection organizations in cooperation with related departments and units along the power transmission lines 4. To be responsible for the safety and protection of the power facilities within their jurisdiction areas in cooperation with local Article 7 Public security organs at all levels are responsible for uncovering and punishing acts and cases that sabotage power facilities or
CHAPTER TWO SCOPE OF POWER FACILITIES AND PROTECTION ZONES TO BE Article 8 Protection should be effected to the following power facilities and power transforming equipment: 1. Facilities inside power plants, power transformation stations, current exchange stations and switching stations. 2. All kinds of special pipes and conduits (ditches), ash storage sites, wells, pumping stations, water cooling towers, oil depots, 3. Reservoirs, dams, water inlet, water diversion tunnels (including branch tunnels, water diversion canals, voltage adjustment wells Article 9 Scope of power transmission lines and facilities to be protected: 1. Overhead power lines: poles and towers, basements, wires, gounding devices, conducting wires, lightening arresting wires, metal 2. Power cable lines: overhead, underground and underwater power cables and cable connection devices, cable conduits, cable tunnels, 3. Transformers, capacitors, resistors, circuit breakers, isolation switches, lightening arresters, mutual inductors, fuses, measuring 4. Power dispatch facilities: power dispatching stations, power dispatch communications facilities, power grid dispatch automatic Article 10 Power line protection zones: 1. Overhead power line protection zones: zones within the two plane areas fromed by the horizontal extension line from the outside 5 meters for 1 – 10 kv 10 meters for 35 – 110 kv 15 meters for 154 – 330 kv 20 meters for 500 kv In densely populated mining and urban areas, the protection zones for overhead power line may be smaller than what is prescribed above. 2. Power cable route protection zone: the areas between two parallel lines formed by 0.75 meters on both sides of the ground mark
CHAPTER THREE PROTECTIONS TO POWER FACILITIES Article 11 Power administrative departments at and above the county level shall take following measures to protect power facilities: 1. To put up marks on the boundaries of overhead power line protection zones, specifying the width of the protection zone and the 2. To put up marks in major roads or navigation sections where power lines cross, specifying the safe distance between the conducting 3. To put up permanent marks for underground cables after their completion and notify related departments in writing of the position 4. To put up permanent marks for under-water cables after their completion and notify related departments in writing of the positions Article 12 Any unit or individual should ensure the safety of power facilities according to related regulations by the State when conducting Article 13 No unit or individual is allowed to commit the following acts that would endanger power facilities and power transformation facilities: 1. To gate-crash into power plants or power transformation stations to disrupt production and work order, move or damage marks. 2. To threaten the safe operation of water, oil and heat supply and ash discharge pipelines (ditches). 3. To hamper the use of special feeder railways, roads, bridges and docks. 4. To enter into areas 300 meters from the hydraulic structures in reservoirs used for power generation to engage in fishing by using 5. Other acts that would endanger power and power transformation facilities. Article 14 No unit or individual is allowed to engage in the following acts that would endanger power transmission lines and facilities: 1. To shoot at power lines and related facilities. 2. To throw objects at conducting lines. 3. To fly kite(s) in areas 300 meters from power lines on both sides. 4. To connect electric equipment to conducting wires without authorization. 5. To climb, without authorization, electric poles or towers to lay wires, communications lines, broadcasting lines or install loudspeakers. 6. To use electric poles or towers as anchoring point for lifting or tracting objects. 7. To tie animals, hang up objects or wind crops to electric poles, towers and bracing wires. 8. To fetch soil and do pole stamping, drilling or digging or dump acids, alkaline, salt and other harmful chemicals within the prescribed 9. To build roads within the electric line towers (not including areas between poles or towers) or in between electric poles or towers 10. To remove devices or supplies from electric poles or towers or bracing wires, remove or damage permanent marks or marking plates. 11. Other acts that would endanger electric line facilities. Article 15 Any unit or individual should observe the following rules in the overhead power line protection zones: 1. It is not allowed to pile up crops, grass, garbage, slags, inflammables, explosion-prone objects and other objects that would 2. It is not allowed to operate kilns or slash and burn for growing crops. 3. It is not allowed to put up buildings or structures. 4. It is not allowed to grow plants that would endanger the safety of power facilities. Article 16 Any unit or individual should observe the following rules within the power cable line protection zones: 1. It is not allowed to pile up garbage, slages, inflammables, explosion-prone objects, dump acids, soda, salt or other harmful chemicals, 2. It is not allowed to lay in anchor or drag anchor within the sea- bottom cable protection zones. 3. It is not allowed to lay in anchor or drag anchor, catch fish by using explosives or dig sand in river cable protection zones. Article 17 Any unit or individual should get the approval of power administrative departments at and above the county level and take safety 1. To engage in farmland water conservancy capital construction projects or such operations as stamping, drilling and digging. 2. To conduct engineering by putting any part of lifting machinery into the overhead power line protection zones. 3. To go through the power line protection zone at a distance smaller than the safety distance between conducting wires and the objects 4. To operate within the power cable line protection zones. Article 18 No unit or individual is allowed to conduct the following acts that would endanger the construction of power facilities: 1. To occupy illegally the land requisitioned for the building of power facilities. 2. To alter, remove, damage or pull out measuring poles or marks used by power facility projects. 3. To sabotage or block roads for construction, cut off water sources or power sources used by power facility projects. Article 19 No unit or individual is allowed to purchase power facilities and supplies without approval according to the relevant regulations
CHAPTER FOUR MOVES TO REMOVE OF HAMPERINGS BETWEEN POWER FACILITIES AND Article 20 In construction and protection of power facilities, considerations should be made to avoid or reduce as far as possible losses that Article 21 New overhead power line should not be put acrossing areas where there are warehouses holding inflammables or explosion-prone objects. Article 22 Whereas the presence of hamperings between newly built, rebuilt or expanding public utilities, urban greening area and other projects Article 23 Power administrative departments shall notify urban construction planning departments of the plan for building, rebuilding or expanding Urban construction planning departments shall incorporate the plan for building, rebuilding or expanding power facilities into their Article 24 Whereas the building, rebuilding or expansion of power facility projects should damage farm crops, fell trees, bamboo or require Power enterprises should trim or cut planted or natural trees or bamboo in the legally demarcated power facility protection zones
CHAPTER FIVE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS Article 25 A unit or individual should be commended or given a lump-sum reward for one of the following acts: 1. To report or expose acts that sabotage power facilities or mob-rob or steal power facilities. 2. To struggle against acts that sabotage power facilities or against mob-rob or stealing of power facilities and effectively check 3. To perform outstanding deeds in fighting against natural disasters for the protection of power facilities. 4. To perform outstandingly in protecting the safety of power facilities. Article 26 For carrying out explosion or other operations around power facilities or within the legally damarcated power facility protection Article 27 For cases that would endanger power plant equipment, power transformation facilities and power transmission lines in violation of Article 28 For cases of opening kilns, burning wasteland for growing crops, lay anchor, drag anchor, fishing by using explosives or dig sand Article 29 For cases that have violated the provisions of this set of regulations and would endanger the construction of power facilities, the Article 30 If a unit or an individual has violated the provisions of this set of regulations and constituted an act that violate the public
CHAPTER SIX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS Article 31 Power administrative department under the State Council may work out datailed rules for the implementation of this set of regulations Article 32 This set of regulations shall be implemented starting from the date of promulgation.
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