China News Service, Chongqing, December 27 (Reporter Liu Xianglin) The Chongqing Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference on the 27th and stated that since the full implementation of the river chief system, Chongqing has signed a total of 96 agreements with neighboring provinces to jointly promote inter-provincial Joint prevention and control of rivers.

  Zhang Xuefeng, director of the Chongqing Water Resources Bureau and executive deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Chongqing Municipality, introduced that since the full implementation of the river chief system in 2016, the secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and the mayor have taken the initiative to take the lead, and jointly serve as the city-level chief river chief, taking the lead in the country. Promote and implement the three-level "double chief river chief" system of cities, districts and counties, and towns (sub-districts).

The main leaders of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and CPPCC, as well as all members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayors of the Municipal Government, all serve as the mayors of rivers and rivers at the municipal level.

A four-level river chief system has been established in an all-round way, including cities, districts and counties, townships (streets), and villages (communities). More than 17,500 river chiefs are set up in different levels to achieve full coverage of "one river, one long" and "one reservoir and one long".

  At the same time, the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have incorporated the implementation of the River Chief System into the performance evaluation of the economic and social development of the district and county party committees and the performance evaluation of the municipal party and government agencies’ target management performance, consolidating territorial responsibilities and industry regulatory responsibilities.

The first in the country to establish the Hechang Democratic Life Association reporting system and strictly implement the Hechang accountability system. More than 1,000 people have been interviewed, notified, and accountable due to the lack of performance of the Hechang system.

  In addition, Chongqing has also implemented the "River Chief + Prosecutor General" to strengthen legal supervision of river management and protection.

The implementation of "River Chief + Sheriff" will crack down on illegal activities such as indiscriminate mining, arranging, and arresting in waters, filed investigations into 6,260 criminal cases of damaging environmental resources, and handled 3,899 criminal cases of illegal fishing.

The implementation of "River Chief + Civilian River Chief", more than 23,000 "He Xiaoqing" and "women river guards" took up their posts.

The implementation of "River Chief + Supervisor Chief", more than 500 celebrity representatives assisted in the implementation of the river chief system, and 38 district and county CPPCC members carried out "cross-regional linkage" open and unannounced visits.

  Over the past five years, the river chief system has been fully implemented and deepened in Chongqing, realizing the transition from "famous and responsible" to "effective and effective", which has effectively promoted the restoration of vitality and rejuvenation of the river, which has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The water quality of the Binan River, Daxi River, Xiaoanxi River and other rivers has not reached the standard in the past to be able to maintain stable above Class III; Yongchuan Linjiang River, Jiulongpo Tiaodeng River, Longevity Taohua River and other rivers that once made people shake their heads and sigh "Now it has become a "happy river" where people clapped their hands and praised and stopped to linger; Rongchang Rongfeng River, Jiangjintang River, Tongliang Xuantian Lake, Kaizhou Hanfeng Lake and a large number of "beautiful rivers" with clear waters and green shores and shallow fishes "River" has become a famous "net red river" for clocking in and taking selfies.

  Zhang Xuefeng said that at present, a good situation of comprehensively strengthening the river chief system and protecting Chongqing’s Damei rivers has taken shape. The river chiefs at all levels and river management and protectors in Chongqing are confident, determined, confident and capable to be the “guard of the health of the rivers”. "Persons" and "spokespersons" should be the "leaders" and "vanguards" of protecting and protecting the river, and make new and greater contributions to building an important ecological barrier on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and accelerating the construction of a beautiful and beautiful place.

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