Chinanews.com, February 20. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently issued the "Work Plan for Sub-provincial Cities to Create a National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The "Plan" proposes that sub-provincial cities should make overall plans and earnestly Organize the districts (counties, cities) under its jurisdiction to carry out demonstration construction of ecological civilization, continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment in the region, and vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization.

  The "Plan" clarifies that the sub-provincial cities referred to in the plan include 10 provincial capitals including Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Xi'an, as well as Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shenzhen, etc. 5 cities are separately listed in the plan.

  The "Plan" proposes that after all the districts (counties, cities) under its jurisdiction have been awarded the title of National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone, the sub-provincial cities can apply for creation; the sub-provincial cities should make overall plans and seriously organize the development of the subordinate districts (counties, cities). Demonstration construction of ecological civilization continuously improves the quality of the local ecological environment and vigorously promotes the construction of ecological civilization; the creation of sub-provincial cities and their subordinate districts (counties, cities) does not account for the quota of national ecological civilization construction demonstration zones created in the province that year.

  In terms of application conditions, the "Plan" clarifies:

  (1) The sub-provincial city has completed the formulation and release of the construction plan for the ecological civilization construction demonstration zone, and the plan is within the validity period.

  (2) All districts (counties, cities) under its jurisdiction meet the standards of the national ecological civilization construction demonstration zone and have been awarded the title of the national ecological civilization construction demonstration zone.

  (3) Strictly implement relevant laws and regulations on ecological environment protection, and the key tasks of ecological environment protection shall be effectively carried out in accordance with the overall national deployment.

  (4) The following situations shall not occur in the past 3 years:

  1. There are major ecological and environmental problems in the various special inspections organized by the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Supervisor and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the rectification tasks are not completed as planned;

  2. Insufficient rectification of ecological and environmental problems that have given important instructions to the central leadership;

  3. Responsible for major or extraordinary environmental emergencies or ecological damage incidents that occurred in the area, as well as major ecological and environmental problems caused by illegal decision-making or inadequate supervision or caused large-scale mass incidents, was interviewed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment , Listed for supervision or implementation of regional restrictions;

  4. The state has not completed key ecological environmental protection tasks such as ecological environment quality, energy conservation and emission reduction, soil pollution prevention and safe utilization, issuance of pollution discharge permits, construction of centralized sewage treatment facilities in industrial parks, comprehensive management of river basins and sea areas, and management and control of sea reclamation. Task

  5. The municipal government and its relevant departments fail to carry out planning environmental impact assessment according to law when organizing the preparation of major plans;

  6. The quality of the ecological environment has dropped significantly, or the quality of the ecological environment is poor and no obvious improvement has been seen;

  7. The ecological environment cases reported by the masses are not handled in a timely manner and the settlement rate is low;

  8. A situation in which compensation should be pursued in accordance with national regulations occurs, and compensation for damage to the ecological environment has not been carried out or the development rate is not high;

  9. Falsified ecological environment monitoring data.

  In terms of supervision and management, the "Plan" emphasizes:

  The Ministry of Ecology and Environment implements dynamic supervision and management of sub-provincial cities and their subordinate districts (counties, cities) that have been awarded the title of National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone, and conduct random inspections as appropriate.

For sub-provincial cities that have been awarded the title of National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone, if one of the following (1)-(3) situations occurs in their districts (counties, cities), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will issue a warning; 20% or more If one of the following (4)-(12) situations occurs in a district (county, city) under its jurisdiction, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment shall revoke the corresponding title.

  (1) Insufficient rectification of ecological and environmental problems that have given important instructions to the central leaders;

  (2) Major ecological and environmental problems are found in various special inspections organized by the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Supervisor and the Ministry of Ecological Environment;

  (3) Responsible for major or extraordinarily large environmental incidents or ecological damage incidents that occurred in the area, and major ecological and environmental problems caused by illegal decision-making or ineffective supervision or caused mass incidents with large impacts, were agreed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Negotiation, listing for supervision or implementation of regional restrictions;

  (4) The quality of the ecological environment shows a downward trend;

  (5) Failing to complete the ecological environment protection issued by the state in time, such as the quality of the ecological environment, energy conservation and emission reduction, soil pollution prevention and safe use, the issuance of pollutant discharge permits, the construction of centralized sewage treatment facilities in industrial parks, the comprehensive management of river basins and sea areas, and the management and control of sea reclamation Key tasks;

  (6) The municipal government and its relevant departments failed to carry out planning environmental impact assessment according to law when organizing the preparation of major plans;

  (7) The quality of the ecological environment has dropped significantly, or the quality of the ecological environment is poor and no significant improvement has been seen;

  (8) Those who were warned by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and failed to complete the rectification within the prescribed time limit;

  (9) Eco-environmental cases reported by the masses in letters and visits were not handled in a timely manner and the settlement rate was low;

  (10) Failure to carry out compensation for damage to the ecological environment or the low rate of carrying out compensation for damage to the ecological environment that has already occurred in accordance with national regulations that should be investigated for compensation;

  (11) Falsified ecological environment monitoring data;

  (12) Failing to pass the review organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, or committing fraud during the review process.

  The "Plan" emphasizes that vice-provincial cities should strengthen organization and leadership, strengthen departmental coordination, and consolidate the responsibilities of all parties.

The provincial eco-environmental department should strengthen supervision and guidance, do a good job in the creation, declaration and pre-review, and timely report the progress of the creation work and the problems encountered in the creation process to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.