10 departments and 11 provinces and cities issued action plans, 11 regions in autumn and winter air improvement goals determined
Persistently and strictly prevent the rebound of heavy pollution weather
● As the epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, companies are speeding up the resumption of work and production. Many production capacity and output that have been suppressed by the epidemic have concentrated and rapidly increased in a short period of time. Pollutant emissions may rebound in autumn and winter, and atmospheric environmental quality will continue to improve pressure Increase
● In accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, all localities should increase their political positions, and continue to carry out comprehensive air pollution control actions in autumn and winter to ensure that the set goals and tasks for winning the blue sky defense war are completed on schedule
● All localities must fully learn from the experience and lessons of the previous autumn and winter tackling actions, avoid slack and burnout due to the progress of the target task exceeding expectations, relax supervision and lower requirements on the enterprise; also avoid being afraid to retreat due to the difficulty of completing the target task. Laissez-faire; it is also necessary to avoid simple and rude measures such as "all shutdowns", "stop first", and long-term activation of heavy pollution weather warnings regardless of the actual situation to complete the target tasks.
□ Our reporter Yan Jianrong
With the advent of the heating season in the northern region, key areas such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas, the Fenwei Plain, the Yangtze River Delta and other key areas in autumn and winter air pollution comprehensive control actions have also been launched.
It is worth noting that this year is not only the closing year of winning the pollution prevention and control in three years, but also the year of "paying the accounts" for completing the "13th Five-Year" pollution prevention and control campaign as scheduled.
To this end, 10 departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Public Security, as well as the governments of 11 provinces (municipalities) including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Hebei, issued the 2020-2021 autumn and winter comprehensive air pollution control action plan (hereinafter referred to as the action plan) ).
While the action plan emphasizes fully guaranteeing the warmth of the people through the winter, it also clarifies the goal of improving air quality in autumn and winter in the 11th place.
The action plan requires to ensure that the prices of natural gas gate stations in the heating period from 2020 to 2021 in the heating period of 2020-2021 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas, and the Fenwei plains do not rise.
At the same time, it is necessary to avoid the “one size fits all” approach such as “all shutdowns” in order to complete the target tasks.
The action plan proposes to include areas with poor implementation of key tasks for comprehensive management of air pollution in autumn and winter, prominent environmental problems, and significant deterioration of ambient air quality into the central ecological environment protection inspection category.
Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, requires that in the prevention and control of air pollution, the "five precisions" of time, region, object, problem, and measures must be achieved, and the work of air pollution prevention and control must be promoted persistently.
Large pollutant emissions in autumn and winter
Very likely to rebound
In response to the frequent and frequent occurrence of severely polluted weather in the autumn and winter in key areas, since 2017, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has carried out comprehensive treatment of air pollution in autumn and winter in key areas such as Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei for three consecutive years.
“The average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas in the autumn and winter of 2019 decreased by 33% compared with the same period in 2016, and the number of days of heavy pollution decreased by 52%.” The official of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment pointed out that despite the positive results in the autumn and winter tackling, Beijing-Tianjin Hebei and surrounding areas and the Fenwei Plain are still the areas with the highest PM2.5 concentration in the country. The average PM2.5 concentration in autumn and winter is about twice that of other seasons, and the number of days of heavy pollution accounts for more than 95% of the year.
Since 2018, the Yangtze River Delta has continued to carry out comprehensive measures to control air pollution in autumn and winter, and air quality has improved significantly. In the autumn and winter of 2019-2020, the average PM2.5 concentration in the Yangtze River Delta has dropped by 22% compared with the autumn and winter of 2017-2018, and the number of days of heavy pollution A decrease of 79%.
The above-mentioned person in charge stated that although the Yangtze River Delta region has achieved positive results in autumn and winter, the average concentration of PM2.5 in the Yangtze River Delta region in autumn and winter is still 50%-70% higher than other seasons, and the number of heavy pollution days accounts for more than 95% of the year. 2. The PM2.5 concentration of major cities in northern Anhui remains high.
"At the beginning of 2020, during the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, two heavy pollution processes occurred in Beijing and surrounding areas, and the public responded strongly." The action plan stated that as the epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, enterprises are speeding up the resumption of work and production. Many reasons The production capacity and output that have been restrained by the epidemic will increase rapidly in a short period of time. Pollutant emissions may rebound in autumn and winter. The pressure of continuous improvement of atmospheric environmental quality will increase. There is a risk that some regions will not be able to meet the air quality improvement targets of the 13th Five-Year Plan .
Huang Runqiu pointed out that the current situation of air pollution prevention and control is still severe.
He said that the industrial structure dominated by heavy chemicals, the energy structure dominated by coal, and the transportation structure dominated by road freight in key areas have not fundamentally changed, and there is still a big gap between air quality and the expectations of the people.
Some provinces (municipalities) are under pressure to complete the final goal of the blue sky defense war. In plain areas, the task of replacing clean energy with scattered coal is large. Key projects such as "transition to railway" and ultra-low emission transformation of the iron and steel industry have not met the schedule requirements.
In Huang Runqiu's view, there is a risk of regional heavy pollution in the autumn and winter of this year, and the pressure of air quality rebound in the first quarter of 2021 will be greater.
Coordinate and promote comprehensive governance
Serve the overall situation of six stability and six guarantees
According to reports, two of the nine binding indicators of the ecological environment established in the 13th Five-Year Plan have not yet been completed, including the ratio of days with good air.
Whether this target can be achieved is of vital importance this autumn and winter.
To this end, the action plan proposes to fully complete the 2020 air quality improvement targets set in the "Three-year Action Plan for Winning the Blue Sky Defense War" (hereinafter referred to as the "Three-year Action Plan").
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that, fully considering the impact of the epidemic on air quality in the first quarter of 2020, the action plan sets the 2020-2021 autumn and winter targets into two stages.
This is also the first time that the target of atmospheric governance in key areas has been divided into two stages.
According to the pollution levels in the first and fourth quarters of 2019, the PM2.5 concentration and the number of heavily polluted days in each city are classified and determined. According to the pollution degree, they are divided into 6 levels. The PM2.5 concentration varies by 1 percentage point for each level, and the number of heavily polluted days is There is a two-day difference between the files, and the requirements for cities that are behind in the completion of the 13th Five-Year Plan are further raised.
For the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas, and the Fenwei Plain, the action plan proposes that from October to December 2020, the average concentration of PM2.5 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas shall be controlled within 63 micrograms/m3, and the cities are heavily polluted and above. The average number of days is controlled within 5 days; the average concentration of PM2.5 in the Fenwei Plain is controlled within 62 μg/m3, and the average number of days with severe pollution and above in each city is controlled within 5 days.
From January to March 2021, the average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas shall be controlled within 86 micrograms/m3, and the average number of days with severe pollution and above in each city shall be controlled within 12 days; the average concentration of PM2.5 in the Fenwei Plain Control within 90 micrograms/cubic meter, and control the average number of days of severe pollution and above in each city within 13 days.
The action plan requires that from October to December 2020, the average concentration of PM2.5 in the Yangtze River Delta should be controlled within 45 micrograms/m3; from January to March 2021, it should be controlled within 58 micrograms/m3.
While clarifying the air quality improvement goals, the action plan requires that the key tasks of winning the blue sky defense war be fully completed, including strictly preventing the "scattered and polluted" enterprises from rebounding.
The action plan proposes to promptly remove the enterprises that have completed the rectification from the list of "scattered, disorderly and polluted" enterprises, establish files for newly discovered "scattered, disorderly, and polluted" enterprises, and include them in the management account in time.
For the "scattered and polluted" enterprises, we found them together and rectified them together.
Resolutely prevent the resurgence and relocation of "scattered and polluted" enterprises that have been shut down and banned, and resolutely curb the phenomenon of rebound.
"The autumn and winter of 2020-2021 is the fourth tough season. It is about building a well-off society in an all-round way, about the 13th Five-Year Plan and winning the blue sky defense war to a successful conclusion." The action plan requires that all localities follow the party Central Committee and the State Council. Make decisions and deployments, improve political positions, and continue to carry out the comprehensive management of air pollution in autumn and winter to ensure that the set goals and tasks of winning the blue sky defense war are completed on schedule.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said that this year’s tackling actions will continue to maintain the same direction and intensity, highlighting precision pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control according to law, and coordinate and promote the comprehensive treatment of air pollution in autumn and winter. The overall situation of "six stability" and "six guarantees".
The action plan stated that this year’s tackling action will focus on the heavy pollution weather reported by the people, implement enterprise performance classification management and control, strengthen joint prevention and control; continue to promote clean heating and loose coal management, strictly prevent the rebound of "scattered pollution" enterprises, and strengthen the ban on straw Combustion management and control, and orderly promote the ultra-low emission transformation of the iron and steel industry, the "revolution to iron" of bulk cargo transportation, the pollution control of diesel trucks, the control of industrial furnaces and coal-fired boilers, etc.
Adhere to the problem orientation, compact the responsibilities of departments and localities, increase assistance, strictly prevent the rebound of heavy pollution weather, and achieve a successful conclusion of the "winning the blue sky defense war".
More emphasis on precise response
Strengthen regional joint prevention and control
Different from previous years, there was a sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic at the beginning of this year, and the current epidemic prevention and control has entered the normalization stage.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the action plan coordinates the prevention and control of the epidemic, the stable and healthy economic and social development, and the key tasks of winning the blue sky defense war. Active and steady measures will be taken to further consolidate and improve the results of the past autumn and winter tackling actions. In order to ensure the implementation of the policies and measures that have already been issued, to prevent overweighting.
The action plan proposes to fully implement performance-level and differentiated emission reduction.
"To put it simply, 39 key industries are divided into categories A and B to reduce emissions. In principle, they are rated as A-level and leading companies, and they can independently take emission reduction measures during emergency response to heavy pollution weather; Enterprises of level B and below and non-leading enterprises must strictly implement the corresponding emission reduction measures." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said that this year will place more emphasis on precise response to heavy pollution weather, and improve key points by strengthening regional joint prevention and control. The regional emergency linkage mechanism establishes a fast and effective operation mode to ensure that the regional emergency linkage is initiated so that relevant cities can respond in time and respond effectively.
The action plan specifically proposes to comprehensively sort out the tasks and measures of the "Three-Year Action Plan" and "Diesel Truck Pollution Control Action Plan", analyze the implementation and completion situation one by one, establish a ledger, and check for omissions.
For the unfinished tasks, it is necessary to sort out the project list, reverse the schedule, and ensure that the number is "sold" by the end of December 2020.
"All localities must fully learn from the experience and lessons of the previous autumn and winter tackling actions, avoid slack and burnout due to the progress of the target task beyond expectations, relax supervision and lower requirements on enterprises; also avoid being afraid to retreat due to the difficulty of completing the target task, and refraining from acting. Let it go.” The action plan stated that it is necessary to avoid simple and rude measures such as "all shutdowns", "stop first", and long-term activation of heavy pollution weather warnings regardless of actual conditions to complete the target tasks. .
At present, a new round of strengthened supervision and assistance has been launched for key cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas, the Fenwei Plain, and the Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong and Henan border areas.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said that this year will focus on the main tasks of air pollution in autumn and winter, and integrate law enforcement, monitoring, industry experts and other forces to form a special team to do a good job in supervision and assistance, and supervision is included in assistance.
At the same time, publicize relevant laws, regulations, policies and standards on air pollution control to enterprises, and guide enterprises to consciously abide by the law.
The action plan proposes that environmental supervision and law enforcement should be carried out accurately and effectively, and enterprises with stable emission standards, standardized operation and management, and high environmental performance can be included in the positive list of supervision and law enforcement according to relevant regulations; problems found in supervision and law enforcement should be supervised Relevant enterprises should earnestly fulfill their ecological and environmental protection responsibilities, strictly implement rectification requirements, and ensure that rectification is in place. They must also pay attention to refined management, strengthen guidance and assistance, and promote the resumption of work and production; violations of the law and serious consequences, repeated investigations and repeated offenses, must be strictly in accordance with the law Investigate and deal with typical cases publicly exposed.
According to reports, this year will implement multi-departmental joint law enforcement in the areas of "scattered and polluted" enterprise remediation, oil quality supervision, VOCs-related product quality supervision, diesel vehicle exhaust emission spot checks, dust control and other fields. At the same time, law enforcement supervision will be strengthened during emergency response to heavy pollution weather. Strengthen the frequency of law enforcement inspections during the emergency response period, and urge enterprises to implement the responsibility of heavy pollution emergency emission reduction.
Strengthen the inspection and inspection work
Hold accountability in accordance with law and discipline
It is a clear requirement of the action plan to ensure that the prices of natural gas stations in the heating period of 2020-2021 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas and the residents of the Fenwei Plain will not rise.
In fact, this is also a specific measure to protect people's livelihood.
The action plan requires that all regions should raise funds through multiple channels to support clean heating, and clean heating subsidies should be tailored to local conditions, differentiate between different regions and different groups of people, and implement differentiated and precise policies. The focus is on low-income groups in rural areas, and no “one size fits all” is required to ensure clean heating facilities. Available, affordable, and well-used.
While emphasizing the protection of people's livelihood, the action plan also proposes to fully complete the key tasks of winning the blue sky defense war.
To this end, the action plan requires that the assessment, inspection, and discipline accountability be strengthened.
The areas where the key tasks for comprehensive control of air pollution in autumn and winter are not fully implemented, environmental problems are prominent, and the environmental air quality is significantly deteriorating will be included in the central ecological environmental protection inspection category.
At the same time, in conjunction with the second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections, the focus will be on local party committees, governments, and relevant departments in comprehensive air pollution control inactions, slow actions, and “one size fits all” chaotic actions, and even negligence of duties and responsibilities, which will deal with serious problems. Depending on the situation, the region will carry out special inspections of acupuncture points and mobile types.
The action plan is further clarified. For cities where the quarterly air quality improvement does not meet the target task, or the progress of key tasks is slow, or the air quality index (AQI) continues to "burst", an early warning letter will be issued; Cities where the final air quality improvement target tasks or key tasks are progressing slowly, openly interview the main government officials.
If tampering or falsification of monitoring data is found, the assessment result will be directly deemed as unqualified and will be held accountable in accordance with laws and regulations.
Huang Runqiu requested that the standards and tables should be compared, the implementation of various tasks in the blue sky defense war should be comprehensively sorted out, the unfinished tasks should be booked, and the construction period should be reversed to ensure that they are fully completed by the end of the year.