China News Agency, Beijing, August 18 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China stated on the 18th that China's pure land defense war goals have been fully completed, and soil pollution risks have been basically controlled, which has initially curbed the increasing trend of soil pollution.
Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 18th that as a basic task, a detailed investigation of the soil pollution status of agricultural land across the country has been completed, and the base of the soil pollution status of agricultural land has basically been found out. The plan has completed the task of safe utilization of contaminated arable land and classified management and control. This task is very large, and the risk of soil pollution has been basically controlled, which has initially curbed the trend of increasing soil pollution.
According to the Bulletin of the State of the Ecological Environment in China 2020, the results of a detailed survey of soil pollution indicate that the soil environmental conditions of agricultural lands across the country are generally stable, and the main pollutants affecting the soil environmental quality of agricultural lands are heavy metals, of which cadmium is the primary pollutant.
Complete the "Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" to achieve the goal of achieving a safe utilization rate of contaminated arable land of about 90% and a safe utilization rate of contaminated plots of more than 90%.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that the goal of China's pure land defense war has been fully completed.
By the end of 2020, 2,738 agricultural county-level units across the country have all completed the classification of cultivated land soil environment, more than 13,000 enterprises have been included in the list of key soil pollution supervision units, and 1,865 problematic cadmium-related pollution sources around cultivated land have been rectified.
In 2020, the safe utilization rate of contaminated arable land nationwide will reach about 90%, and the safe utilization rate of contaminated plots will reach over 93%, and the risk of soil pollution will be basically controlled.
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