Expectation ｜ What kind of goal can be considered as ＂winning the blue sky defense war＂？ The answer was given at this press conference.
Cctv newsThis afternoon, the press center of the 19th National Congress held the sixth press conference, inviting Li Ganjie, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and Yang Weimin, Deputy Director of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group Office, to introduce the situation of practicing the concept of green development and building a beautiful China, and to answer questions from reporters.
Li Ganjie, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, summed up the achievements of ecological civilization construction since the 18th National Congress with five "unprecedented":
First, the level of ideological understanding is unprecedented.The consciousness and initiative of the whole party and the whole country to implement the concept of green development have been significantly enhanced, and the situation of neglecting ecological environment protection has changed significantly.
Second, the intensity of pollution control is unprecedented.Three "Ten Articles" were issued and implemented, namely, three major action plans for air, water and soil pollution prevention and control, and we resolutely declared war on pollution. The construction of environmental infrastructure such as sewage and garbage disposal has been accelerated.
Third, the frequency of system introduction is unprecedented.The central leading group for comprehensive deepening reform deliberated and adopted more than 40 specific reform plans for ecological civilization and ecological environment protection.
Fourth, the scale of supervision and law enforcement is unprecedented.Many laws, such as the Environmental Protection Law, the Air Pollution Prevention Law, the Water Pollution Prevention Law, the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, the Environmental Protection Tax Law, and the Nuclear Safety Law, have been revised, and the soil pollution prevention law has entered the legislative review process in the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC).
Fifth, the speed of environmental quality improvement is unprecedented.In 2016, the three major regions — — The average concentration of fine particulate matter in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions, that is, the average concentration of PM2.5, has dropped by more than 30% compared with that in 2013, when Atmosphere Ten was formulated. The proportion of acid rain area in China’s land area has dropped from about 30% at the historical high point to 7.2% last year.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has set new goals for the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of ecological environment. Li Ganjie, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, also introduced this at the press conference:
By 2020, we will resolutely fight the battle against pollution;
By 2035, the ecological environment will fundamentally improve, and the goal of beautiful China will be basically realized;
By the middle of this century, China will be built into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization power, and its material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization and ecological civilization will be comprehensively improved.
73 of the 79 tasks of ecological civilization system reform have been completed.
At the press conference, Yang Weimin, deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group Office, also introduced the achievements made in the reform of China’s ecological civilization system, citing a series of figures:
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has attached great importance to the reform of the ecological civilization system. Among the 38 meetings held by the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, there are20 timesThey all discussed issues related to the reform of the ecological civilization system and studied48 itemsMajor reforms. The 37 tasks of reforming the ecological civilization system put forward by the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee have been completed.24 items, partially completed9 items, are advancing.4 items, the introduction of reform documents84 pieces.
In 2015, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council formulated the Overall Plan for the Reform of Ecological Civilization System. Among the 79 reform tasks to be completed in 2015-2017, at present,73 itemsIt’s all done,6 itemsBasically completed.
Central environmental protection inspectors will achieve full coverage, and the second round will carry out "point-and-point" supervision.
Central environmental protection inspector is a major reform measure of ecological civilization system and mechanism promoted by the Supreme Leader General Secretary after the 18th National Congress.
In response to a CCTV reporter’s question about the central environmental protection inspector, Li Ganjie said that the central environmental protection inspector has achieved full coverage in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and will sum up experience to prepare for the second round of inspections. At the same time, it will also carry out targeted "point-and-click" inspections.
Do a good job in forecasting and early warning from "fighting the blue sky defense war" to "winning the blue sky defense war"
At the press conference, Li Ganjie, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, also introduced the achievements made in air pollution control since the release of "Atmosphere Ten":
The average concentration of PM10 in 338 prefecture-level cities nationwide decreased by 15.5% in 2016 compared with 2013.
Followed by the average concentration of PM2.5 in the three major regions. Compared with 2013, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region decreased by 33%, the Yangtze River Delta region decreased by 31.3%, and the Pearl River Delta region decreased by 31.9% in 2016.
Through four years’ efforts, the proportion of excellent days increased from 60.5% in 2013 to 74.2%, an increase of 13.7 percentage points, while the proportion of heavily polluted days decreased from 8.6% to 3%, a decrease of 5.6 percentage points.
When answering a question about air pollution control, Li Ganjie said that it is necessary to make predictions and early warnings to win the blue sky defense war.
Li Ganjie, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection:
First of all, we should do a good job in forecasting and early warning. First, we must understand the situation of pollution discharge; The second is to clarify the meteorological conditions. Every day, especially after autumn and winter, experts from our meteorological department and environmental protection department have a mechanism to sit together and analyze and give full play to their respective specialties.
In the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary proposed to continue to implement air pollution prevention and control actions and win the blue sky defense war. In the past, it was called fighting well, but now it is called winning. It means higher requirements than in the past.
How to win? On the one hand, we are deeply studying and understanding the spirit of the general secretary’s speech, and on the other hand, we are studying, thinking and promoting, and we are going to take a series of measures to further strengthen this work.Ensure that by 2020, the tough battle of pollution prevention, especially air pollution prevention, can achieve remarkable results. One of the signs is that the goals we set in the 13 th Five-Year Plan for Ecological Environmental Protection must be achieved.Based on 2015,The proportion of days with good air quality in 338 prefecture-level cities in China must reach more than 80%, and the concentration of PM2.5 in cities that fail to meet the standards should drop by an average of 18%. At the same time, we must make a good plan and lay a good foundation for the goal of fundamentally improving the ecological environment in 2035.