On September 28^th 2011, at a governmental executive meeting in Inner Mongolia a new regulation is said to have been approved. Namely, The Administrative Regulation on Collection and Utilization of Grassland Vegetation Restoration Fee. However, as the regulation has not been promulgated by the chairman of Inner Mongolia himself yet, it has not been immediately effective.

Since January 1^st 2005, enterprises which use the grasslands of Inner Mongolia for the purpose of exploration of minerals, construction and drilling have been subject to grassland vegetation restoration fees. The new regulation is set to enlarge the scope of the previous regulation by stipulating and including more enterprises which will be subject to pay the fees. Enterprises subject to paying the fees will include enterprises involved in exploration, drilling wells, construction and building, earth-fetching, sand-digging and quarrying, mining exploration, carrying out commercial tourism, vehicle driving, producing films and television documentaries as well as collecting and or acquiring the natural plants of the grasslands. The new regulation also includes enterprises that only temporarily use the grasslands.

The reasoning for re-establishing the law is to improve the current system of paid use of resources as an ecological compensation mechanism. The importance of the law lies in its effectiveness towards strengthening the protection of the grasslands as well as rational and sustainable use of the grasslands by enterprises. Environmental awareness and sustainability is the driver of the law hoped to be imposed. Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission believe that the law will inevitably be able to aid in vegetation recovery, grassland protection and management which will help to ensure that the regions famous grasslands are not spoiled.