Ecological and environmental protection still has a long way to go
Dec. 22, 2020
"To do a good job of pollution prevention, we must adhere to the same direction and undiminished efforts; precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law, so as to promote continuous improvement of environmental quality; improve the governance mechanism and focus on prevention and control at the source." Yang Chaofei believes that we must persist. System building and policy support work together.
In the report, he focused on the development trend of five important environmental protection policy systems: one is to improve the central ecological environmental protection supervision system; the second is to strengthen the construction of the ecological environment legal system; the third is to establish an environmental damage compensation system; the fourth is to increase environmental protection policies Support; Fifth, speed up the pace of environmental information disclosure.
He introduced that my country has done a lot of work in improving the central ecological and environmental protection supervision system and accelerating the institutionalization of environmental responsibility for leading cadres. For example, in 2016 and 2017, the inspection of 31 provincial party committees and governments across the country was completed, and the "Regulations on the Work of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspectorate" were issued in June 2019.
"The second round of environmental protection inspections will highlight three key points of inspection, including seven iconic pollution prevention and control battles; ineffective inspections, especially perfunctory rectification, surface rectification, pretend rectification and other issues; prominent ecological and environmental problems reported by the people." Yang Chaofei said.
He introduced that the second round of environmental protection inspections took 3 years to complete the full coverage, and another 1 year to complete the "look back"; in terms of scope, relevant departments of the State Council and relevant central enterprises were included in the inspection; in terms of methods, increased satellite remote sensing, Infrared recognition, unmanned aerial vehicles, big data and other technology applications; in terms of working methods, we will pay close attention to the implementation, closely monitor the implementation of rectification and reform, and stick to key issues and solve them thoroughly. In addition, the second round of environmental protection inspections also insisted on two focuses: pollution prevention and control and high-quality development.
In terms of policies, he suggested that the state increase policy support for environmental protection, increase financial investment in environmental protection, and improve capital efficiency; adopt fiscal, tax, price, government procurement and other policies to support environmental protection technology and equipment, comprehensive utilization of resources, and environmental services. ; Support enterprises to convert, relocate, and close for environmental protection; improve the ecological protection compensation system; continue to deepen the green credit policy; the state implements environmental pollution liability insurance, such as the "Solid Waste Law" stipulates that the collection, storage, transportation, utilization, and disposal of hazards The waste unit shall take out an environmental pollution liability insurance.
In addition, it is necessary to establish an ecological environment damage compensation system and an information disclosure system across the country. Initially establish a nationwide compensation system for ecological environmental damage with clear responsibilities, unobstructed channels, technical specifications, strong guarantees, adequate compensation, and effective restoration; through information disclosure, a good environmental protection atmosphere will be created.
Of course, to do a good job of ecological and environmental protection requires both policy support and legal protection.
"In terms of the rule of law, our country has perfected the legal system of the ecological environment." Yang Chaofei said. He introduced that my country currently has 13 ecological and environmental laws, 22 natural resource laws, 30 ecological and environmental protection administrative regulations, 88 ecological and environmental department regulations, and 2,140 national ecological and environmental standards (including 203 mandatory standards).