Overall improvement of China's ecological environment quality
   -written on the occasion of "World Environment Day" in 2020

Economic Daily · China Economic Net reporter Liu Jin

  June 5 is World Environment Day. The theme of this year’s Environment Day is: “Beautiful China, I am the actor.” The Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s “2019 China Eco-Environmental Status Bulletin” previously released showed that the overall national ecological environment quality improved last year, with more blue skies and higher water quality. The cleaner the environment is, the more beautiful the environment becomes. In the next step, my country will maintain the same direction and unremitting efforts, highlight precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and legal pollution control, and take more effective measures to resolutely win the battle of pollution prevention and control, and promote the continued improvement of the quality of the ecological environment.

  June 5 is World Environment Day. The Ministry of Eco-Environment and various local eco-environmental departments have organized a variety of activities to mobilize all sectors of society to consciously practice green production lifestyles, take active actions, and jointly build a better home.

  The "2019 China Eco-Environmental Status Bulletin" (hereinafter referred to as the "Bulletin") released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently shows that the overall quality of the country's ecological environment improved last year. Bai Qiuyong, director of the Department of Eco-Environmental Monitoring of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that in recent years, my country has seen more and more blue skies, clearer water quality, and more and more beautiful ecology. In 2019, the improvement of ambient air quality will be further consolidated, and the quality of the water environment will continue to improve.

  More and more blue sky

  On June 5, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment held a commemorative event on World Environment Day in Zhuhai. The beautiful Zhuhai, the azure water stretches to the beach with soft waves, and the white clouds like cotton candy float leisurely in the blue sky. Representatives of the awards such as the “Most Beautiful Enterprise Environmental Administrator” and the “Most Beautiful Ecological Environmental Volunteer Volunteers” of Guangdong Province received certificates on the spot.

  The Hunan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment selected the main event in Changde, with the theme of "Beautiful China, I am the actor-'Xiang' about Peach Blossom Land". The Hunan Provincial Department of Eco-Environment cooperated with Harrow Travel to issue 10,000 riding coupons and advocate green travel.

  With the follow-up of environmental protection concepts and actions in various places, the blue sky across the country has generally increased. According to the Communiqué, in 2019, among 337 prefecture-level and above cities, 157 cities met the ambient air quality standards, accounting for 46.6% of the total number of cities.

  "In 2019, the proportion of average good days in 337 cities rose overall, reaching 82%." Bai Qiuyong said that the annual average concentration of PM2.5 in the national prefecture-level and above cities continued to decline, and the cumulative decrease since the 13th Five-Year Plan was 21.7% The number of heavily polluted days decreased from an average of 10 days to 6 days, a decrease of 40%; Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding "2+26" cities decreased from 36 days to 20 days, a decrease of approximately 45%; Beijing decreased from 43 days to 4 Days, a reduction of about 90%.

  The blue sky did not come easily. In 2019, in order to resolutely win the battle to defend the blue sky, my country will continue to implement key actions for air pollution control in key regions in autumn and winter. Pilot cities for clean heating in the northern region have achieved full coverage of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas and the Fenwei Plain, and completed the treatment of more than 7 million households with scattered coal. The coal-fired generating units that achieved ultra-low emissions accumulated about 890 million kilowatts, accounting for 86% of the total installed capacity; 550 million tons of crude steel production capacity was upgraded with ultra-low emissions. Promote the treatment of volatile organic compounds in industrial furnaces and key industries, and strengthen the comprehensive management of "scattered pollution" enterprises and clusters.

  “However, the process of regional heavy air pollution still occurs from time to time.” Bai Qiuyong said that in 2019, the average concentration of PM2.5 in cities at the prefecture level and above was 36 micrograms/cubic meter, which was 1 microgram/second away from the national secondary standard. Cubic meters; the average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, Fenwei Plain is about 1.6 times of the national secondary standard.

  At present, with the continuous deepening of environmental protection inspection, not only the steel industry, glass, cement and other building materials industries, non-ferrous metals and other heavy industry industries will also gradually become key industries for air pollution control. The Hebei Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment recently released news that it will conduct ultra-low-emission transformation in the six major industries of electricity, steel, coking, cement, flat glass, and ceramics.

  As Li Qilin, the executive chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce's Environmental Services Industry Chamber of Commerce and president of Beijing Qingxin Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., said, environmental governance is advancing into a deeper and broader field. In other words, ultra-low emissions in the power industry have come to an end, the field of air pollution control will continue to deepen, and the non-electricity field will become the focus of environmental protection.

  The water quality is getting clearer

  The riverside of Jin'an is full of blue waves; the Liuhua Creek, the peach and willow green... 274 kilometers of continuous water nets pass through the city, which is a gift from nature to Fuzhou. For thousands of years, water has nourished Fuzhou. However, as the city expanded and the population gathered, the gentle and beautiful inland river was eroded. Under the guidance of the new development concept, Fuzhou started the "one game of chess" management of 107 main rivers and 49 tributaries.

  The reporter followed the interview team of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment "Inspection and rectification to see results" and saw that after more than 1,000 day and night water treatment practices, from pollution to governance, from alienation to closeness, Fuzhou used water as a "pen" to draw an ecological picture. ,Nirvana rebirth.

  Fuzhou flood control is a microcosm of the nation's battle to defend the blue water. The Bulletin shows that in 2019, of the 1931 water quality sections (points) for surface water monitoring nationwide, Class I to Class III water quality sections (points) accounted for 74.9%, an increase of 3.9 percentage points from 2018.

  In 2019, my country will continue to fight the battle of clear water. Continue to carry out investigation and rectification of ecological and environmental problems in drinking water sources. 3,626 problems in 899 county-level water sources have been rectified and 3,624 have been completed. 2,899 black and odorous water bodies in prefecture-level cities and above were eliminated in 2,513. The investigation of sewage outlets into the Yangtze River and the Bohai Sea has been completed, and special actions for sewage treatment in industrial parks have been continuously carried out. 95% of provincial-level and above industrial parks in the Yangtze River Economic Belt have built sewage treatment facilities and installed online monitoring devices.

  According to Bai Qiuyong, since the "13th Five-Year Plan", excellent surface water bodies have increased year by year, and heavily polluted water bodies have decreased year by year. The proportion of state-controlled cross-section water quality has increased by 8.9 percentage points, and the proportion of inferior grade V has fallen by 6.3 percentage points. "Thirteenth Five-Year" goals and tasks; the water quality compliance rate of centralized drinking water sources in cities above the prefecture level in the country remains stable at more than 90%; the national seawater quality is stable and improving.

  “Since 2000, China’s investment in water treatment has been very large.” Wang Kaijun, a professor at the School of Environmental Sciences of Tsinghua University, said that the current urban sewage treatment rate has reached 90%, and many cities will reach 95% after the 13th Five-Year Plan. China's water environment will continue to improve.

  The ecology is getting more and more beautiful

  Today, the "Beijing Municipal Waste Management Regulations" has been officially implemented for one month. Since May, the average daily output of household food waste in Beijing has reached 740 tons, an increase of 159% from April and 37% from May 2019. The average daily output of food waste from catering units was 1,263 tons, an increase of 98% from April. Overall, Beijing's waste classification management is still in its infancy, but has achieved initial results.

  A good ecological environment is the foundation for building a well-off society in an all-round way. Not only in Beijing, but in recent days, good news has continued to be heard in ecological fields across the country.

  In 2019, Anhui Province will do its best to defend the three major battles of blue sky, clear water and pure land, and the quality of the ecological environment will continue to improve. Many indicators have reached the best level in recent years; the 2019 Guizhou Province Ecological Environment Status Bulletin shows that in 2019, Guizhou The eco-environmental quality of the province has maintained a good and stable situation; The 2019 Shanghai Eco-environmental Status Bulletin shows that the quality of the eco-environment in Shanghai has improved significantly, and the concentration of major pollutants has further decreased...

  Bai Qiuyong introduced that the national ecological environment status index is on the rise, and the overall quality of the ecological environment remains stable. The number of counties included in the national key ecological function area increased from 452 in 2012 to 817 in 2019, of which 12.5% ​​of the counties' ecological environment quality improved year-on-year.

  "The quality of China's ecological environment continues to improve, but the degree of improvement is still far from the people's expectations for a better life, and the goal of building a beautiful China." Liu Youbin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that we must maintain the same direction and strength No reduction, highlighting precision, science, and pollution control in accordance with the law, with more powerful measures to resolutely win the battle of pollution prevention and control, and promote the continued improvement of the quality of the ecological environment.