China News Service, Beijing, June 19 (Reporter Li Jingze) Recently, the Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan have joined forces to jointly legislate to protect the Chishui River Basin by means of "decisions" and "regulations."
Olin, director of the Bills Office of the National People's Congress, said in Beijing on the 18th that the Chishui River Basin Protection Joint Legislation, as the country’s first joint legislation for local river basins, is an innovation in the form of local legislation and is of great significance.
On the same day, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a collective interview on the joint legislation of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to protect the Chishui River Basin. The reporter learned from the collective interview that, at present, the three provinces’ decisions on strengthening the joint protection of the Chishui River Basin and their respective Chishui River Basin protection regulations have been issued. , Will be implemented simultaneously on July 1.
On June 18th, the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a collective interview activity in Beijing with the theme of "the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan shall jointly legislate to protect the Chishui River Basin".
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Chishui River is the only first-level tributary in the Yangtze River Basin that maintains natural flow patterns. It is an important habitat and breeding place for many rare and endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is of great significance to the construction of an important ecological security barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Ou Lin said that in recent years, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have taken the lead in establishing the first inter-provincial ecological compensation mechanism in the Yangtze River Basin, and the ecological protection and environmental governance of the Chishui River Basin have achieved positive results.
However, due to differences in the functional positioning, industrial layout, protection methods, and law enforcement standards of river basins within the administrative regions of each province, the problems of river basin management brought about by "division of rivers and governance" are still more prominent, requiring systematic concepts and legal thinking to promote joint protection. .
Ou Lin pointed out that this joint legislation, through a "joint decision" to make joint commitments, separate commitments, and relevant constraints and restrictions on major issues in the protection of the Chishui River Basin, and strengthen the joint prevention and governance of the basin.
At the same time, the prevention measures and legal responsibilities of the three provinces to protect the Chishui River Basin have been refined through regulations to reflect their respective characteristics and provide a solid legal guarantee for protecting the Chishui River Basin in accordance with the law.
Yang Jun, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, said that the joint legislation of the three provinces has realized three innovations in local legislation for cross-regional river basin protection.
First of all, it is the innovation of local legislative forms, which has realized the leap from "linkage" to "co-existence" in regional legislation.
Secondly, it is the innovation of the cohesion of local legislation.
Jointly decide to make joint commitments on major issues, and at the same time, refine measures in the regulations of each province, which not only strengthens the co-governance of the river basin, but also reflects their own characteristics. There are both rigid regulations and reasonable measures.
Finally, it is the innovation of local legislative work mechanism.
“The Chishui River Basin Protection Joint Legislation is the country’s first joint legislation for local river basins. It is an innovation in the form of local legislation and is of great significance.” Ou Lin said that the joint legislation solves the problem that it is difficult to specifically legislate for each river basin at the national level. Promote the coordination and cooperation of local governance, coordinate conflicts of interest in accordance with the law, promote joint protection of the water environment, strengthen common legal responsibilities, and jointly solve common problems in the ecological protection of river basins and regional economic and social development, and explore new ways and models for joint legislation of local river basins , Provides new experience. (Finish)