China News Service, Jiujiang, December 10th, title: Jiangxi depicts the "most beautiful shoreline" of the Yangtze River: finless porpoise leaping over water and clear shores
Reporter Li Yunhan
"Now you can see the finless porpoise active in the water almost every day. This is something I couldn't even think of before." Shu Yinan, who was a fisherman, "washed his feet and went ashore" and became a patrol for the finless porpoise in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. A member of the volunteer team.
The Yangtze finless porpoise is an indicative species of the Yangtze River ecosystem and is also included in the "World Conservation Union" Red List as a critically endangered species. Because of its small population, it is also known as the "water panda".
Aerial photography of the verdant banks of the Ruichang section of the Yangtze River in Jiangxi.
(Data map) Photo by Wei Dongsheng
The 152-kilometer shoreline of the Jiangxi section of the Yangtze River is all within the territory of Jiujiang City, which is known as "the mouth of the three rivers and the thoroughfare of seven provinces." Two-thirds of the water surface of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, is also within the territory of Jiujiang.
Next to Shizhong Mountain in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, is the intersection of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, and it is also an important channel for the finless porpoise to migrate between the rivers and lakes.
"Fishing boats will interfere with the finless porpoise, and fishing will also reduce the finless porpoise's food. The living environment of the finless porpoise was very worrying." Shu Yin Anzu has fished for generations for a living, and he went ashore in 2017 and officially became a "porpoise protector". Patrol work began at five or six in the morning. His previous fishing career also helped him understand the habits of the finless porpoise.
Aerial photography of the beautiful scenery of the Ruichang section of the Yangtze River in Jiangxi.
(Data map) Photo by Wei Dongsheng
"The ban on catching and retreating in Hukou County has been fully completed." According to Lou Jianping, a member of the Party Group of the Hukou County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, as the Yangtze River is completely banned from fishing this year and the Yangtze River's ecological environment is promoted, the endangered species of finless porpoise will also Get better reproduction.
In addition to clearer water, the banks of the Jiangxi section of the Yangtze River also quietly reverted to green.
Nowadays, along the Yangtze River, a number of chemical companies have been renovated, moved, and transferred, and even steel plants have turned into green tourist attractions.
Walking into Jiujiang Pinggang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Fangda Jiugang"), you can see the green vegetation everywhere, you can't smell any strange smell, and you can't feel that this is a "steel-making" enterprise. .
"Fangda Jiugang has carried out upgrading and transformation in accordance with the strictest environmental protection standards in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and made every effort to achieve cleaner production and ultra-low emissions." Fangda Jiugang Party Secretary Xu Xiangyang told Chinanews reporters that the company's green content has increased. Driving the increase in gold content, the ecological advantage of green development is transformed into an economic advantage of improving efficiency.
It is understood that Fangda Jiu Steel has invested more than 1 billion yuan in environmental protection funds to actively implement environmental protection technology upgrades, initiate raw material sheds and seal environmental protection transformations, implement waste steel yard greenhouse transformations, and construct the first sintering flue gas denitration project in Jiangxi Province. The greening rate of the enterprise exceeded 30%, and it was successfully awarded the national 3A tourist attraction in 2019.
It is understood that Jiujiang City vigorously carried out illegal dock rectification, a total of 74 docks, 87 berths were demolished, and 7,529 meters of coastline were freed.
At the same time, a total of 127 small, scattered, chaotic, and polluting chemical companies have been withdrawn through measures such as "shutdown and transfer".
A total of more than 7 million green plants of various types have been planted, nearly 160 kilometers of roads on the top of the embankment changed from white to black, and 8,626 mu of abandoned mines have been treated.
The factory moved, and parks and viewing platforms were built.
"More and more people are willing to come here to play." Shu Guozhen, a resident of Wharf Town, Ruichang City, Jiujiang City, talked about the remodeled river bank with a smile. He told reporters that after the river bank was renovated, a waterfront park was built and became a citizen. Good place for walking and relaxing.
Standing on the Guanjiang Pavilion in Ruichang, ships are constantly coming and going, the river bank is lush green, and a picture of the Yangtze River ecology is slowly unfolding.
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