China is striving to reduce the use of non-biodegradable plastic products by updating a plastic industry regulation, 12 years after restrictions were first imposed on plastic bags. Social awareness on plastic pollution has significantly increased in recent years, and China has laid out three major goals for battling plastic pollution in the near future. So what will be done to make China's vision of environmental protection a reality? How will a ban on single-use plastic bags reshape behavior? And how can experience-sharing among countries advance the global campaign against plastic pollution?