Large-scale destruction of coral reefs and 39 illegal buildings on Baidibeihaihua Island were ordered to be demolished
Respect the ecology and hold the red line
Our reporter Xue Peng Guan Xiaopu
"39 Haihua Island illegally constructed buildings were ordered to be demolished." A few days ago, an administrative penalty decision issued by the Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau of Danzhou City, Hainan Province showed that Haihua Island No. 2 Island 2-14-1 was located in Danzhou City. The planning permit obtained for the 39 buildings under construction in the block has been revoked due to the illegal project, and the relevant developers are now ordered to demolish within 10 days.
If the demolition is not overdue, the law enforcement bureau will organize the demolition in accordance with the law.
The company involved will actively communicate and properly handle the response in accordance with the guidance of the decision letter.
Haihua Island is composed of three independent offshore islands, with an area of about 783 hectares reclaimed from the sea.
The project was once accused of "bloating the pockets and ruining the ecology". The reclamation project was divided into 36 sub-projects with an area of less than 27 hectares through the method of "smashing into parts", making it possible for projects that were not closed. Advance, the banned project was approved, resulting in permanent damage to large areas of coral reefs and white butterfly shells.
In the 2021 "China's Top Ten Ugly Buildings" selection, the Haihua Island architectural complex ranked first. It was considered "capital willful and ruined, destroying the marine ecology, with weird and messy forms, and a typical example of a show of wealth and kitsch cultural tourism project."
The ecological environment is a major political issue related to the party's mission and purpose, as well as a major social issue related to people's livelihood.
The Central Economic Work Conference held in December last year proposed that party members and cadres should respect history, culture, and ecology, make decisions cautiously, and use power cautiously.
Why are 39 illegal buildings on Haihua Island required to be demolished?
What are the reasons why the complex was rated as ugly?
In the promotion of economic and social development, how do party members and cadres achieve "awe of the ecology"?
The reporter interviewed Guo Zhaohui, deputy director of the Department of Ecological Civilization Construction of the Ministry of Social and Ecological Civilization of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), and Zhou Rong, an associate professor at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, and a member of the jury of "China's Top Ten Ugly Buildings".
Firmly hold the red line of ecological protection, and properly handle illegal construction in accordance with the law
Reporter: What is the problem with the illegal construction of Haihua Island?
What signal did the supervisory authority give to the demolition punishment?
Guo Zhaohui: The development of the Haihua Island project lasted for more than 10 years. There were violations of laws and regulations at the beginning of the reclamation and island construction. The reclamation project was divided into 36 sub-projects with an area of less than 27 hectares through the method of "smashing into parts". , So that the projects that did not pass the customs were promoted, and the prohibited projects were approved, resulting in permanent damage to large areas of coral reefs and white butterfly shells.
After the project was "named" by the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector, it ushered in further intensive rectification, which released a strong signal that the red line of ecological protection must be firmly adhered to, and also demonstrated that environmental protection inspectors are promoting the implementation of ecological environmental protection responsibilities of various regions and departments The hard move is a real move.
History and practice have fully proved that man and nature are the community of life, and the harm of mankind to nature will eventually hurt mankind. This is an irresistible law.
There are no substitutes for the ecological environment.
While promoting economic and social development, it is necessary to limit human behavior to the limit that natural resources and ecological environment can withstand, and leave time and space for natural ecology to recuperate. It is not only necessary to consider human and contemporary needs, but also nature. To meet the needs of future generations, grasp the "degree" of the development and utilization of natural resources.
Zhou Rong: The Haihua Island complex was listed as the ugly building. After many links such as netizens voting and expert voting, there are multiple reasons such as values, social culture, and professional design. In the several rounds of voting for experts, Haihua The island has always been ranked high, and the final round was full of votes.
We believe that its construction violates laws and regulations and promotes the wrong view of "emphasizing economics and neglecting ecology", which has had a bad influence.
First of all, the construction of Haihua Island destroyed the ecological environment and violated laws and regulations.
Large-scale reclamation of land has squeezed the living space of marine organisms, causing permanent damage to large areas of coral reefs and white butterfly shells, causing irreversible damage to marine ecology.
In the process of project approval, a series of obscure and illegal methods are used to break into parts, deceive the top and conceal the bottom, and evade industry supervision.
Secondly, the overall design of Haihua Island is weird and messy.
Haihua Island is a man-made environment with very high building density. It is a collection of spectacle buildings with the goal of pursuing curiosity, which is a collection of buildings of various styles and types in different regions and different historical periods.
The hodgepodge of buildings that have nothing to do with the history, culture, and ecology of Hainan brings about a kind of visual pollution.
Finally, the compartmentalized development of Haihua Island for reclaiming land from the sea promotes the naked value of showing off wealth.
Urban planning is not a simple question of space or modeling. What is behind it is the cultural ideals and value orientation of a society.
From an international perspective, cities in many countries mandated at the beginning of planning that no matter how high-end residential areas are, a certain proportion of social housing for ordinary or even low-income people must be mixed in. The purpose of this is to avoid social strata. The spatial division of the city brings a long-term social and ecological disaster.
The Haihua Island complex has created a "rich area" on the sea through housing prices and consumption thresholds, indirectly promoting money worship, and increasing the opposition between the rich and the poor through crowd separation. This is incompatible with our current social tone of common prosperity. .
Regardless of historical and cultural factors, and at the expense of the ecological environment, the lessons of temporary economic development are extremely profound
Reporter: With regard to 39 illegal buildings that were ordered to be demolished, public opinion believes that there must be zero tolerance to restore the original appearance and maintain the ecology. How should we understand?
Guo Zhaohui: Development is the last word, but we must realize that development should be all-round development.
Whether a place develops well depends not only on economic indicators, but also on the performance of innovation, ecology, social benefits, sustainability, and many other aspects. You cannot simply use GDP as a hero.
Haihua Island illegally constructed 39 buildings with a total construction area of nearly 435,000 square meters. Such a large-scale illegal construction was ordered to be demolished, and the lesson was very profound.
It once again reflects that some localities and individual leading cadres can't let go of the "GDP only" mindset. In order to make the numbers look good and rank high, they will sacrifice the ecological environment in exchange for temporary economic growth, which has caused serious consequences.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. Our party adheres to the principle of benefiting the people, benefiting the people, and serving the people, focusing on solving outstanding environmental problems that damage the health of the people. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security of the ecological environment has been significantly improved.
Facing the future, leading cadres must make cautious decisions and use power carefully, adhere to a correct view of political performance, and actively implement the concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" in practice. They must have a big picture, long-term, and holistic view. , Take care of this and lose the other, eager for quick success and quick gain.
Zhou Rong: The authority of the law cannot be challenged.
The purpose of formulating the Urban and Rural Planning Law is to strengthen the management of urban and rural planning, coordinate the spatial layout of urban and rural areas, improve the living environment, and promote the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of the urban and rural economy and society.
The 39 buildings on Haihua Island are illegal construction and must be properly handled in accordance with the law. The fines, the corrections, and the demolition of the demolition.
The authority of laws and regulations such as the Urban and Rural Planning Law cannot be challenged.
In fact, the practice in recent years has proved that it is not that illegal construction has become an existing fact, and the relevant departments have nothing to do.
The central government and relevant departments have always maintained a high-pressure situation in rectifying illegal construction.
In February 2016, the "Several Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Further Strengthening the Management of Urban Planning and Construction" put forward that it will take about five years to comprehensively investigate and deal with illegal construction in built-up areas, and resolutely curb new illegal construction.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development immediately issued the "Five-year Action Plan for Special Control of Illegal Construction in Urban Built-up Areas."
In practice, resolute handling of illegal construction can not only maintain the authority of planning and promote urban development and transformation, but also resolutely correct incorrect views on political achievements.
Once the window-breaking effect of laissez-faire, violations of the law not being dealt with, or "you can spend money to engage in illegal construction" has formed, it is easy for individual leading cadres to make decisions in violation of regulations and use power in violation of regulations in order to achieve political achievements, which will trigger a series of violations of discipline and law. The bad impact caused is incalculable.
Illegal constructions are often associated with "achievement projects" and "face-saving projects" that hurt the people and money. Behind it is a distorted view of political achievements.
Reporter: In reality, illegal construction is often associated with "achievement projects" and "face-saving projects" that hurt the people and money. It has been discovered in some places. How to avoid this phenomenon?
Guo Zhaohui: In recent years, blindly constructing landscape lighting facilities out of reality, and engaging in "achievement projects" and "face-saving projects" that hurt the people and money have been found in some places, especially in the urban construction of impoverished areas and underdeveloped areas, which has not only caused the country The waste of financial and social resources, but also promotes the bad atmosphere of fraud and extravagant waste.
Behind the "Professional Performance Project" and "Face Project" is a distorted view of political achievements.
It must be realized that economic development cannot be at the cost of destroying the ecology. The ecology itself is the economy, and the protection of the ecology is the development of productive forces.
Promote leading cadres to establish a correct outlook on political performance, respect history, culture, and ecology, establish a scientific and reasonable evaluation system, and use the evaluation results as an important basis for the use of rewards, punishments, and promotion for leadership groups and leading cadres at all levels; implement the most stringent Assess and accountability, those leading cadres who damage the ecological environment must be truly held accountable, dare to hold accountable, and strictly held accountable, so that they can be held accountable for life.
Party members and leading cadres must adhere to the correct outlook on political performance, adhere to the new development concept, respect history, respect culture, and respect the ecology, and actively practice them in practice.
It is not possible to embark on the old path of destroying the ecological environment in exchange for temporary economic growth due to temporary difficulties, to slow down the adjustment of the economic structure and energy structure, and to relax the requirements for improving the level of economic development and reducing the load of pollutants.
Zhou Rong: Seeking truth from facts is the fundamental point of Marxism. Whether it is using power or architectural planning, we must take a cautious attitude and comprehensively consider factors such as politics and economy, reality and history, material and culture.
In terms of architectural design, respect the local history, culture and ecology, which is the consensus of the architectural world.
The "Top Ten Ugly Buildings in China" has been selected for more than ten years. The reason why some so-called landmark buildings and masters have repeatedly "topped" the list is behind the pursuit of "high and big" by individual local governments and leading cadres to create urban wonders. Distorted view of political achievements.
Some have spared no effort in designing "fake big sky", building "cottage White House" and other Western classical buildings that are inconsistent with our country's history and culture; Meaningless waste.
The harmonious coexistence of man and nature is one of the most significant characteristics of Chinese modernization. Only by respecting the ecology and protecting the green waters and green mountains can we win tomorrow.
Reporter: Green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. On the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, how to grasp the "degree" of economic development and environmental protection?
Guo Zhaohui: General Secretary Xi Jinping once again pointed out in his 2022 New Year's message that "people will not lose the green hills, and the green hills will never lose others."
The harmonious coexistence between man and nature means that man and nature are a community of life and a state of sustainable development of the relationship between man and nature.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has taken the construction of ecological civilization as an important part of promoting the overall layout of the “five in one” and coordinating the promotion of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout. Under the guidance, my country's ecological civilization construction has undergone historic, turning, and overall changes from the recognition to practice.
At present, we are embarking on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. The harmonious coexistence of man and nature is one of the most significant features of Chinese-style modernization and an important symbol of modernization that distinguishes it from developed Western capitalist countries.
Chinese-style modernization cannot and will not follow the old path of modernization in developed Western capitalist countries. It must take a new path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Practice has proved that economic development cannot be at the cost of destroying the ecology. The ecology itself is the economy, and the protection of the ecology is the development of productivity.
For leading cadres, to grasp the relationship between economic development and environmental protection, they must first understand the people-centered development thinking. A good ecological environment is the fairest public product, and ecological products must be protected and distributed fairly. Let the people equitably enjoy the ecological products, and equitably obtain the golden and silver mountains brought by the green water and green mountains.
We must adhere to the correct view of political achievements, keep our eyes on the long-term, calculate the big account, look at the problem with the overall and long-term perspective, make good use of the methodology of development and protection of internal unity, mutual promotion and coordination and symbiosis, and deeply realize that green water and green mountains are both natural wealth and It is economic wealth.
We must respect history, culture, and ecology, be cautious when using power and make decisions, and consciously act in accordance with the laws of development.
Zhou Rong: The reason why people reject ugly architecture is actually the social values contained in it, which are "greedy for the great and foreign, worship power and show off wealth, seek out strange things and behave crudely".
In recent years, with the continued selection of ugly buildings, there are fewer and fewer early ugly buildings.
On the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, correctly understanding and grasping the relationship between economic and social development and history, culture and ecology, and respecting history and culture and respecting ecological use of power will not only promote the level of architectural design to a higher level, but also allow There is a new upgrade in the values of the entire society.