环保局

環保局
huánbǎojú
noun #33,642

Meanings

  1. 1 Environmental Protection Bureau / Agency (EPA equivalent at city/provincial level in China)

Examples

HSK 1
Tā zài huánbǎojú gōngzuò le shínián.
He worked at the Environmental Protection Bureau for ten years.
HSK 5
Shì huánbǎojú duì zhèjiā gōngchǎng kāi chū fádān.
The municipal Environmental Protection Bureau fined this factory.

Tips

culture
环保局 is the catch-all term for the local-level environmental agency. At the national level, the agency was upgraded in 2018 to 生态环境部 (Ministry of Ecology and Environment). 环保 is the everyday short form of 环境保护 "environmental protection" - also used in compounds like 环保袋 "eco-bag" or 环保意识 "environmental awareness".

Stroke Order

huán
bǎo