Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Country/Territory China Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The Twentieth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress decided to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which was signed in Kumamoto on October 10, 2013. Full text Chinese Website www.gov.cn