Start accountability and investigation! "Shenzhen Bay" EIA fraud has made new progress

　　The nature is very bad! Accountability and investigation started! "Shenzhen Bay" EIA fraud has made new progress →

　　Recently, an environmental assessment report published on the Shenzhen government ’s official website has aroused people ’s attention: some citizens have found that in this environmental impact report made for the dredging of the “Shenzhen Bay” channel, “Zhanjiang” has appeared dozens of times. Wording, suspected of plagiarism and fraud.

Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Plagiarism

　　According to statistics, in this "Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase I) Environmental Impact Report", the word "Zhanjiang" appeared 35 times, and "Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project is to implement the national economic and social development of Zhanjiang City ' "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan's Embodiment" and other contents.

　　According to the Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center, the competent authority for the Shenzhen Bay Waterway Dredging Project, according to the needs of economic development, Shenzhen intends to dredge the existing Shenzhen Bay Waterway and expand the current 300-ton waterway to 1,000-ton waterway. The channel is deepened by about 1.5 meters.

　　Zheng Xiaofeng, Director of Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center: We are constructing this place about 7 kilometers away from the mangrove protection area, which is within the protection area. The construction of this restriction area is to do an environmental impact assessment, and it must be approved.

　　Through bidding and bidding, Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center determined that CCCC Water Transport Planning and Design Co., Ltd. was the consulting agency for the whole process, including conducting environmental assessment. After winning the bid, CCCC Water Transportation Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. subcontracted the work of environmental assessment to the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

　　Zheng Xiaofeng, Director of Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center: Professional subcontracting to the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is responsible for the preparation of EIA reports. It is legal and allowed. Technical reports can be subcontracted.

　　The survey process announced by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the relevant technical team has been working since the end of December 2019. On January 19, March 3 and March 19 this year, the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau successively published the EIA report three times on the Internet. During the third public announcement, the public discovered that the EIA report had plagiarism.

Shenzhen: construction of related investigation issues started suspended

　　At present, according to the self-examination of the evaluation unit of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the environmental impact assessment report confirmed that the environmental impact assessment report of the "Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project" was plagiarized.

　　According to Article 22 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment" and related regulations, the EIA report needs to be submitted by the construction unit to the competent eco-environment authority with approval authority in accordance with the provisions of the State Council. The Shenzhen Channel Affairs Center stated that as the contractor, they had no right to review the report issued by the third-party EIA agency, and then published the EIA report of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences directly on the Internet.

　　Reporter: Have you checked the EIA report they published?

　　Zheng Xiaofeng, Director of Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center: The authority to review its authenticity and scientificity is not ours. It is the competent department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to review its final report.

　　After the incident, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences issued a continuous notice, established an investigation team to investigate the relevant situation, and made it clear in the latest investigation and processing situation description notice that the content of the report involved in the investigation was determined and The Environmental Impact Report of the 300,000-ton Waterway Reconstruction and Expansion Project of Zhanjiang Port has the same or high similarity in qualitative analysis, and there is indeed plagiarism. The Institute has suspended participation in this project contract and initiated the accountability process for the relevant responsible person. The competent departments at all levels have been involved in the investigation, and the construction of the project has been suspended.

　　In response to this incident, at the routine press conference in March held by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on April 15, the relevant person in charge said that this incident exposed the problem of plagiarism and fraud, and the nature was very bad. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has instructed Guangdong The eco-environmental departments of provinces and Shenzhen strictly investigate and deal with according to law. At present, the provincial and municipal joint investigation team has completed the investigation and evidence collection of the preparation unit, and the case has entered the stage of filing and punishment.

　　Reporter: If this project is to be restarted, do I need to do the EIA again?

　　Zheng Xiaofeng, Director of Shenzhen Channel Affairs Center: I am sure to go through the procedure again.