Recently China passed the country's first law on deep seabed mining that is designed to protect the marine environment and ensure sustainable exploitation of its mineral resources. Now, did Papua New Guinea do this before allowing Experimental Seabed Mining in the Bismarck Archipelago? Here ramunickle writes briefly on China's law on deep seafloor mining. China Passes Seafloor Mining Law by ramunickel Unlike PNG, China has put a law in place to regulate Experimental Seabed Mining BEFORE licensing any operations - common sense really! The Maritime Executive | 27.02.2016 On Friday, China passed the country's first law on deep seafloor mining. The law is designed to protect the maritime environment and ensure sustainable exploitation of its mineral resources. Xinhua reports that the law stipulates that exploration and development should be peaceful and cooperative, in addition to protecting the maritime environment and safeguarding the com...