The Ministry of Environmental Protection will declare war on pollution this year

As the major pollutants affecting air quality, the latest issue of the "Learn Times" was issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian to answer the reporter's article "Advancing the Construction of Beautiful China in the Process of Deepening the Reform". Zhou Shengxian emphasized that in the field of ecological and environmental protection This year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will start 10 tasks for reform; it will resolutely declare war on pollution and lay a good fight against the three major battles of air, water, and soil pollution.

Zhou Shengxian said that in the field of ecological and environmental protection, this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will initiate 10 reform tasks. The first is to strictly monitor the environmental protection management system for all pollutants; the second is to timely release environmental information and improve the reporting system; the third is to improve the permit system for pollutant discharge and to implement a total discharge control system for pollutants in enterprises and institutions; Responsible for the damage to the ecological environment strictly implement the compensation system; Fifth, the establishment of an integrated regional and regional mechanism for the protection and restoration of the ecosystem and the prevention and control of pollution; Sixth, improve the assessment and evaluation system for development achievements and establish a target system for the construction of an ecological civilization; and 7 the establishment of a spatial plan. System, demarcating the ecological protection red line; eight is implementing the main functional area system and establishing the national park system; Nine is to explore the preparation of the natural resources balance sheet and carrying out the research on the national environmental asset accounting method system; ten is to develop the environmental protection market and promote emission trading system.

Zhou Shengxian pointed out that for the environmental protection departments, they resolutely declare war on pollution and must fight well for the three major campaigns of air, water and soil pollution prevention and control. Taking reform and innovation as the driving force, we will actively explore new roads for environmental protection, strengthen the prevention and control of pollution with iron regulations, and strive to resolve prominent environmental problems that damage the health of the people and gradually improve the quality of the environment.

First, continue to deepen air pollution prevention and control. Since the State Council issued the "Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution" (referred to as "the Ten Atmospheres"), our Ministry has actively coordinated local government and relevant departments, and vigorously implemented them.

The first is to break down and implement responsibilities. The General Office of the State Council issued a plan for the division of labor for key missions, and the relevant departments issued the implementing rules for the implementation of the “Atmospheric Ten Articles” in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and the surrounding areas, and signed the responsibility of air pollution prevention and control targets with provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).

The second is to refine supporting policies. There are 22 items in total, and 6 supporting policies including environmental protection electricity price, special funds, subsidies for new energy vehicles, and oil upgrade prices have been issued, and 18 pollutant discharge standards, 9 technical policies, and 19 technical specifications have been issued.

The third is to improve the monitoring and early warning emergency system. A policy document to strengthen the monitoring of heavy pollution weather, early warning and emergency management has been issued, and monitoring data such as PM2.5 in 74 cities have been released in real time. 87 new cities have been equipped with PM2.5 monitoring capabilities, and monitoring data have been released since January 2014.

The fourth is to strengthen the comprehensive management of the atmosphere. The implementation of key industry rectification, industrial restructuring, optimization of energy structure, vehicle pollution control and other measures.

Fifth, advance the regional cooperation mechanism. Establish the cooperation mechanism for prevention and control of atmospheric pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the surrounding areas and the Yangtze River Delta, and the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for air pollution prevention and control across the country.

The sixth is to strengthen various safeguard measures. The central government set up a special fund for air pollution control. In 2013, it allocated RMB 5 billion to support the atmospheric treatment project in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and the surrounding areas. In 2014, it allocated RMB 10 billion in project funds; RMB 640 million was allocated to support the treatment of coal-fired boiler dust in 12 key cities. Launched the "Clean Air Research Program."

Zhou Shengxian stated that in the next step, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will continue to take air pollution prevention and control as a top priority and implement the “Ten Articles of the Atmosphere” in depth, focusing on mega cities and regions where smog is frequent, with PM2.5 and PM10 (PM10). ) Governance is the breakthrough point, and key links such as industrial structure, energy efficiency, exhaust emissions, and dust are seized, and governments, enterprises, and the public are joined together to participate in the new mechanism and regional joint prevention and control are implemented so that the people will enjoy more blue skies and white clouds as soon as possible.

Second, strengthen water pollution prevention and control. Formulate and implement the Clean Water Action Plan, focus on the “two ends” and the “intermediate”, and concentratively treat the poor V water bodies while ensuring that water quality sources such as drinking water sources are stable and the water quality is not degraded. It is the elimination of a group of black-and-odor bodies of water that affect the masses and have high public concern, and promote the prevention and control of general water pollution. Promote the prevention and control of key river basins and groundwater pollution, strengthen the ecological environment protection of lakes with good water quality, and comprehensively prevent and control marine environmental pollution and ecological damage.

Third, do a good job of soil pollution control. Formulate and implement the “Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan”, strengthen supervision and management, cut off various sources of pollution and curb the expansion trend of soil pollution; deepen the promotion of soil pollution control and rehabilitation, implement soil remediation projects, and gradually improve soil environmental quality; strengthen the supervision and control of the development and use of polluted land To maintain the human environment and health. We will deepen the policy of promoting governance through awards, continue to promote the contiguous remediation of the rural environment, rectify agricultural non-point source pollution, and build demonstration towns and villages of ecological civilization.

Zhou Shengxian pointed out that since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, by strengthening the assessment of target responsibilities, he has paid close attention to project emission reductions, structural emission reductions, and management of emission reductions, and the total amount of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides has been reduced compared with 2010. It decreased by 7.8%, 7.1%, 9.9%, and 2.0%. The urban sewage treatment rate in the country increased from 76.9% in 2010 to 87.9% in 2013. The proportion of denitrification generators in the total installed capacity of thermal power increased from 11.2% to 50%, and the ratio of desulfurizer assembly machines increased from 82.6% to over 90%. On the whole, the progress in the reduction of chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emissions in the country exceeded expectations, and the progress of ammonia nitrogen emission reduction was basically synchronized with the progress of time. The nitrogen oxide emission reduction task in the next two years was arduous.

Zhou Shengxian said that the annual emission reduction targets set in 2014 are: sulfur dioxide, chemical oxygen demand, and ammonia nitrogen emissions will be reduced by 2% from the previous year and nitrogen oxide emissions will be reduced by 5%. To achieve the above goals must have firm determination and strong measures, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection will focus on the following work.

The first is to continue to strengthen the emission reduction target responsibility system. Strict assessment of the completion of the total emission reduction targets around the country, to complete the task, increase accountability.

The second is to comprehensively promote key projects of the “six plants (fields) and one vehicle” (sewage treatment plants, paper mills, livestock and poultry farms, thermal power plants, steel plants, cement plants, and motor vehicles). Strive to add 10 million tons of urban sewage treatment capacity, 15 million kilowatts of coal-fired power plant desulphurization, 130 million kilowatts of denitrification, and the elimination of 6 million yellow-label cars and old cars.

The third is to implement supporting policies. Accelerate the issuance of the “Guidance Opinions on Pilot Projects for Paid Use of Pollutant Discharges and Transaction” and other documents, increase the emission standards for key industries, strengthen environmental supervision, and strictly implement desulfurization, denitrification, and dust removal.

The fourth is to strengthen departmental linkages. Jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture has promoted the prevention and control of livestock and poultry aquaculture pollution, and cooperated with the public security and other agencies to speed up the elimination of yellow-labeled vehicles and cooperated with the Ministry of Industry to speed up the elimination of backward production capacity

Zhou Shengxian stated that in June of last year, the “ecological construction demonstration area” organized and approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection was renamed as “ecological civilization construction demonstration area”. After the central government approved the change of name, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the “Opinions on Vigorously Promoting the Construction of Ecological Civilization Demonstration Zones” and “Indicators of the Pilot Area of ​​Ecological Civilization Construction” and other documents, and added 72 pilots of ecological civilization construction. At present, 16 provinces (autonomous regions) have established ecological provinces (districts) nationwide, more than 1,000 cities (counties) have carried out the construction of ecological cities (counties), 55 state-level ecological cities (counties), and 2986 national ecological townships. One. The demonstration area of ​​ecological civilization construction has become an important carrier and effective way to promote the construction of ecological civilization.

Zhou Shengxian emphasized that compared with the “ecological construction demonstration area”, the “ecological civilization construction demonstration area” is richer in connotation, higher in standards, and wider in scope. The Ministry of Environmental Protection will make a careful summing up of the practical experience of the ecological construction demonstration area and make Good work in the following areas.

The first is to speed up the development of ecological civilization construction demonstration area evaluation criteria, index systems and management procedures, and fully embody the idea of ​​integrating ecological civilization construction into economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and social construction, and guide the named ecological construction demonstration area. Ecological civilization construction demonstration zone transition.

The second is to vigorously promote the construction of an ecological province, and increase the efforts to build ecological cities in municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities with separate plans, and provincial capital cities.

The third is to expand the types and scope of pilot projects for ecological civilization construction, explore inter-regional coordination mechanisms, and promote the establishment of demonstration bases for ecological civilization construction in key industries.

Fourth, organize and carry out the evaluation of the ecological civilization construction in the demonstration area, summarize the experience model, organize the promotion and promotion, give full play to the demonstration and leading role of the demonstration area, and advance the ecological civilization construction to a new level.