The extended producer responsibility (EPR) system requires producers to be accountable for the entire life cycle of their products

bearing closed-loop responsibility throughout all links including production

sales

use and recycling. Producers of batteries shall be responsible for the whole life cycle of batteries covering production

use and recycling. From the perspective of extended producer responsibility

this paper focuses on analyzing China's power battery recycling and utilization system. It explores the current legislative status of power battery recycling and utilization in China through empirical and comparative analyses

and expounds on that although China has formulated departmental rules

administrative regulatory documents and a series of supporting systems for power battery recycling and utilization to regulate such practices

which has basically ensured the orderly operation of power battery recycling and utilization in the country.However

China's power battery recycling and utilization system still faces problems such as low legal hierarchy and weak authority of current legislation

overly sketchy legal provisions with poor operability

imperfect incentive and restraint mechanisms

as well as fragmented governance and inadequate inter-departmental coordination

all of which have undermined the effectiveness of power battery recycling and utilization in China. To improve the legal system for waste battery recycling and comprehensive utilization in China

countermeasures are proposed

including introducing the extended producer responsibility system

enacting a law or administrative regulation on waste battery recycling and comprehensive utilization

formulating clear and specific legal provisions to enhance operability

establishing a scientific incentive and restraint mechanism

and strengthening inter-departmental coordination and supervision.