[Explanation] On February 27, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the problem of overeating and illegally trading wildlife has received widespread attention. In response, Wang Weisheng, deputy director of the Department of Wildlife and Plant Protection of the National Forestry and Grass Bureau, appealed at the meeting that the public should consciously resist the behavior of eating wild animals, and actively support and participate in the action against wild animals.
[Contemporary] Wang Weisheng, Deputy Director of the Department of Wildlife and Plant Protection of the National Forestry and Grass Bureau
From the perspective of protecting wild animals and maintaining their own health, abandon the unhealthy eating concept of "game" tonic and hunting and showing off, resolutely stop eating wild animals, do not participate in hunting, illegal trading of wild animals, and establish ecology New style of civilization.
[Explanation] Why does the phenomenon of overeating and illegal trading of wildlife endure? Wang Weisheng responded that, in addition to very few people holding unhealthy dietary concepts and making huge profits from illegal hunting operations, the serious lack of grassroots protection and law enforcement forces also weakened the protection of wildlife.
[Contemporary] Wang Weisheng, Deputy Director of the Department of Wildlife and Plant Protection of the National Forestry and Grass Bureau
The law enforcement forces at the grassroots level are seriously inadequate. Many guards in nature reserves have per capita guarding areas of tens of square kilometers. This is difficult to achieve all-round strict guarding in areas with high mountains and deep forests and complex terrain. In addition, in the process of market law enforcement, technical difficulties such as the identification and identification of wild animals and the high cost of forensics are often faced, which limits the effectiveness of law enforcement protection.
[Explanation] Aiming at the problem of illegal wildlife trading, Liang Aifu, director of the Online Transaction Supervision and Administration Department of the General Administration of Market Supervision, introduced that after the outbreak, the General Administration of Market Supervision has taken greater efforts to monitor farmer markets and e-commerce platforms and launched special projects to combat illegal trade in wildlife A series of measures such as law enforcement actions.
[Contemporary] Liang Aifu, Director, Network Transaction Supervision and Administration Department, General Administration of Market Supervision
The monitoring and supervision of e-commerce platforms have been increased, and special monitoring has been strengthened for advertisements involving wildlife trading. The local market supervision departments have also taken many measures in accordance with the requirements of the General Administration. For example, some have implemented "on-site duty" in farmers' markets and large and medium-sized supermarkets, and some have issued guidance manuals or work guidelines for wildlife market supervision.
[Explanation] Liang Aifu said that in the next step, the General Administration of Market Supervision and the relevant departments will work together to strengthen supervision of hunting, selling, purchasing, edible, transportation and other links to severely crack down on wildlife violations.
Reporter Xu Pengpeng reports from Beijing
Editor-in-chief: [Liu Xian]