Chengdu-Chongqing targets high-quality livable places and finalizes four goals and nine major projects

　　Aiming at the goals of "high-quality livable place" and "beautiful China pioneer area", the Chengdu-Chongqing Shuangcheng Economic Circle (hereinafter referred to as "Chengdu-Chongqing region") will start a twin-city drama of ecological environmental protection.

　　On February 15, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the governments of Chongqing and Sichuan jointly announced the "Plan for Ecological Environmental Protection of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").

The "Planning" proposes that by 2025, the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in the Chengdu-Chongqing region will be reduced by 19.5%, and the level of ecological livability will be greatly improved; by 2035, the ecological security pattern in the Chengdu-Chongqing region will be fully consolidated, and carbon emissions will peak after a steady decline. , the quality of the ecological environment has fundamentally improved, and the Beautiful China Pilot Zone has been basically completed.

　　"Break the traditional administrative boundary restrictions, promote the cooperation and construction of different administrative units, and promote the construction of the ecological security pattern of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, which can provide a model reference for ecological environmental protection and high-quality development in other relevant regions across the country." February 16 , Chang Jiwen, deputy director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, told Yicai.com.

Urgent need to accelerate green and low-carbon transformation and development

　　The Chengdu-Chongqing area is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and in the Sichuan Basin. It is an urbanized area with the highest level of development and greater development potential in western my country. The background of regional green development is good, the quality of the ecological environment is generally improved, and the ecological environment is jointly built and protected. Good foundation.

　　Relevant experts from the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment introduced that the institute, as the lead unit of the compilation, provided technical support for the whole process of the research and compilation of the "Plan".

　　According to the above-mentioned experts, the Chengdu-Chongqing region is the region with the strongest industrial foundation, the strongest innovation capability and the broadest market space in western my country.

　　The data shows that since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the industrial development of Chengdu and Chongqing has been integrated with each other, the average annual growth rate of regional GDP is more than 8%, and the proportion of regional economic aggregate in the country has continued to rise. In 2020, the regional GDP will be nearly 6.64 trillion yuan. , accounting for 6.5% of the national total, showing a good trend of dual-core development of Chongqing and Chengdu, and linkage to lead the high-quality development of the region. It has become an important engine for economic and social development, reform and innovation and opening-up in the western region.

　　From 2016 to 2020, the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in the Chengdu-Chongqing region have decreased by more than 19.5%, exceeding the national target.

The average annual concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has dropped by 30%, and the ratio of days with good air quality in cities at the prefecture level and above has increased by 14 percentage points; the proportion of good water quality in the state-controlled sections has been increased by 31 percentage points, and the sections with inferior water quality have been completely eliminated. The water quality of centralized drinking water sources remained stable and up to standard.

The regional forest coverage rate reached 41.9%, and the ecological security pattern was gradually stabilized.

　　In 2020, non-fossil energy consumption in the Chengdu-Chongqing region will account for 33%, far higher than the national average.

However, the "Planning" also introduced that at present, traditional resource-based industries and heavy chemical industries such as thermal power, steel, chemical, and building materials in the Chengdu-Chongqing region account for a large proportion. Energy green and low-carbon transformation and pollution reduction and carbon reduction are facing great challenges.

Affected by the industrial and energy structure, topography and meteorological conditions, it is prone to persistent and regional moderate-to-light air pollution, and it is difficult to further improve the regional air quality.

　　In addition, the large-scale construction of transportation, energy, and water conservancy infrastructure in the Chengdu-Chongqing region has brought greater pressure on regional ecological protection and biodiversity protection.

The flow and agglomeration of regional industries, population and various production factors have brought about a rapid increase in the amount of solid waste generated, and it is urgent to improve the utilization and disposal capacity of regional solid waste.

　　According to the "Planning", the ecological system in the Chengdu-Chongqing region is fragile, the trend of ecological function degradation has not been fundamentally curbed, natural disasters such as earthquakes and debris flows are prone to frequent occurrences, and problems such as soil erosion and rocky desertification are prominent. present urgent needs.

　　"The socio-economic development of the Chengdu-Chongqing region has a direct impact on the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Basin, and plays a pivotal role in building an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River." Zhao Wei, an associate professor at the School of Public Administration, Chongqing Technology and Business University, said that the Chengdu-Chongqing region is an industrial area in the western region. Cities with an early development start, along with the development of industrialization and urbanization, the early single-target urban development mode has caused the uncoordinated development of urban systems and ecosystems in the Chengdu-Chongqing region to a certain extent.

Four goals, nine major projects

　　On February 16, Zhang Jianhong, a senior engineer of China International Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., told Yicai.com that the Chengdu-Chongqing region is an area with a better ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Priority, green development, and now basically have the conditions to implement ecological co-construction and co-protection, environmental co-governance, and green transformation of production and lifestyle, which has laid a solid foundation for jointly building an ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

　　The above-mentioned "Plan" proposes to focus on the systemic, regional and cross-border prominent ecological and environmental problems faced by the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and to clarify the four goals of green and low-carbon development, ecological protection and restoration, ecological environment quality and improvement of human settlements. Implement five key tasks and nine key projects, including promoting green and low-carbon transformation and development, building a strong ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, deepening environmental pollution prevention and control, strictly preventing and controlling regional environmental risks, and coordinating the modernization of the environmental governance system.

　　"The issuance and implementation of the "Plan" will provide ecological and environmental protection for the construction of high-quality livable places in the Chengdu-Chongqing area." Chang Jiwen said.

　　According to the "Planning", in terms of

, the Chengdu-Chongqing region will implement major ecological management projects such as "green mountains on both sides of the river and a thousand-mile forest belt", and jointly build ecological corridors such as the Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Minjiang River, Tuojiang River, and Fujiang River; Implement river and lake protection and wetland ecological restoration projects; carry out river improvement and comprehensive land improvement projects for the four banks of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in Chongqing.

　　In terms

, the Chengdu-Chongqing region will focus on rare, endangered and vulnerable wild animals such as giant pandas, black langurs and Yangtze sturgeon, and build and improve 5-6 new ones in Chengdu, Ya'an, Yibin and Chongqing. Rare, endangered and vulnerable species scientific research and breeding bases, shelter and rescue centers; build regional genetic resources databases, and establish a number of crop germplasm resource gardens (banks).

　　In terms

, the Chengdu-Chongqing area will implement 9 types of projects including ecological flow guarantee during dry season, river ecological buffer zone construction and artificial wetland construction.

By 2025, jointly promote and complete the renovation of 100 sewage outfalls in the main stream of the Yangtze River, important tributaries such as the Minjiang River, Tuojiang River, and Jialing River, and key lakes and reservoirs.

4,500 kilometers of new sewage treatment pipeline network, 4,000 kilometers of renovation pipeline network, 60 new sewage treatment facilities, new treatment capacity of 2 million cubic meters per day; 2,000 administrative villages have been collected and treated.

　　In terms

, the Chengdu-Chongqing region will focus on promoting the comprehensive VOCs rectification in petrochemical, chemical, coating, pharmaceutical, packaging and printing, and oil storage, transportation and sales industries; and promote all steel companies and 4 cement companies in the Chengdu Plain to implement over-production Low-emission transformation; promote the implementation of ultra-low emission transformation of 4 steel companies and 8 cement companies in Chongqing; by 2025, new energy vehicle sales will account for about 20%, and Chongqing will add no less than 100,000 pure electric vehicles.

　　In addition, the Chengdu-Chongqing area will also implement major projects for

. Mianyang, Deyang and other places have built 18 national or provincial urban waste resource recycling bases.

Carry out the construction of 7 recycling parks including Wanzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone.

The amount of capital investment will be huge

　　Some experts told the first financial reporter that the implementation of the above-mentioned nine major projects will require a huge amount of funds.

In this regard, the "Plan" clearly proposes to strengthen the guidance of central financial funds.

Local governments at all levels should intensify financial guarantees and make ecological and environmental protection a key area of ​​public financial expenditure.

　　At the same time, innovate diversified investment and financing mechanisms, expand financing channels, and comprehensively use land, planning, finance, price and other policies to encourage and guide social capital to participate in ecological protection and pollution control in the Chengdu-Chongqing region.

　　According to experts' calculations, the capital investment required for major air pollution control projects in Chengdu and Chongqing alone is considerable.

The cost-benefit assessment of the Chengdu-Chongqing Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Ten Air Pollution Measures") previously completed by the Eco-Environmental Economic Accounting Research Center of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment shows that every 1 microgram of PM2.5 reduction in the Chengdu-Chongqing region It will cost 820 million yuan, but the environmental health benefits outweigh its governance costs.

　　According to Ma Guoxia, a researcher at the center, this study uses the Chongqing self-examination report and Sichuan Province self-examination report implemented by the "Ten Air Regulations", as well as the input-output table and environmental statistics table data of Sichuan and Chongqing, and uses the diseases caused by air pollution. The burden model and the input-output model are used to comprehensively evaluate the air pollution control costs, health benefits and social and economic impacts of the implementation of the "Ten Air Regulations" in the Chengdu-Chongqing area.

　　The research results show that the implementation cost of the "Ten Atmospheric Regulations" in Chengdu-Chongqing area is 37.63 billion yuan, and the environmental health benefit is 67 billion yuan. The environmental health benefit is 78% higher than the implementation cost.

The key industrial sectors are the focus of the "Ten Air Regulations" governance in the Chengdu-Chongqing area, and the cost of governance is 30.93 billion yuan; followed by the cost of motor vehicle governance, which is 5.01 billion yuan.

　　According to Ma Guoxia, the environmental protection investment implemented in the "Ten Atmospheres" in Chengdu-Chongqing area is 74.6 billion yuan, the driving effect on GDP is 100.47 billion yuan, and the employment is increased by 52,400 people, which has certain social and economic benefits.

　　Zhang Jianhong told the first financial reporter that the release of the above-mentioned "Plan" is only the starting point, and the focus is on implementation.

In the follow-up, the division of labor and cooperation should be done well, and key tasks and key projects should be advanced in an orderly manner.

At the same time, it will continue to strengthen the research on policies, mechanisms and technical methods to escort the Chengdu-Chongqing region to build an ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and build a high-quality livable place.