China News Agency, Beijing, June 5 (Reporter Zhang Su) On "June 5th" World Environment Day, the Supreme People's Court of China issued a judicial opinion on the protection of the "Mother River" of the Chinese nation on this day, and reiterated: "Insist on the most Strict rule of law and promote the overall improvement of the ecological environment quality of the Yellow River Basin."
Tao Kaiyuan, vice president of the Supreme People's Court of China, introduced that the text of the "Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions") is divided into three parts, a total of 18 articles.
Tao Kaiyuan said that "Opinions" are not arranged according to the traditional criminal, civil, administrative and other trial types, but from implementing strict responsibilities, promoting water and sand regulation, promoting green water use, supporting innovation-driven, protecting human resources, strengthening restoration measures, Focusing on seven aspects such as classification and policy, specific requirements have been put forward for the people's courts to try various cases in a fair and efficient manner according to law and give full play to the role of trial.
"Adhere to the classification and policy, fully consider the differences between the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, distinguish the main function positioning, and properly review related cases according to different judicial needs." The "Opinions" elaborately pointed out that the focus is on strengthening the water conservation areas of the Sanjiangyuan, Qilian Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Gannan. The judicial protection of the regional ecological environment governance in the Loess Plateau, the estuary wetlands in the estuary, and the creation of good ecological products. Focus on strengthening judicial guarantees for the rational development and utilization of regional energy resources in the Huanghuaihai Plain, Hetao Irrigation District, Fenwei Plain, etc. to ensure national food security and improve economic carrying capacity.
"'Classification of policy' is not equal to'Kowloon divide and conquer'." Tao Kaiyuan added that the Yellow River Basin must devote great efforts to large-scale protection and governance, and take the path of ecological protection and high-quality development. For this reason, for the first time, the Supreme Law clearly stated the requirements for the establishment of a river basin judicial mechanism at the level of normative documents. The "Opinions" respectively included the trial organ, centralized jurisdiction, judicial collaboration, coordinated linkage, multiple dispute resolution, information sharing, public participation, and teams. In eight aspects, including construction, a clear path was proposed for the construction of key institutional mechanisms for ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin and high-quality development of judicial service guarantees.
Tao Kaiyuan also revealed that the judicial protection mechanism of the Yellow River Basin is developing in a good direction. “We have set up two environmental resource trial courts in the country, one in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and one in Lanzhou, Gansu.” She said, while encouraging people at all levels The court actively innovated and jointly protected the "Mother River". (Finish)