China News Service, December 6th. Wu Xiao, Director of the Department of Rural Economics of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on the 6th when answering questions related to the improvement of rural living environment Subsidized operation, management and protection funding guarantee system, areas with conditions can explore the implementation of rural toilet manure cleaning, rural household garbage and sewage treatment farmers’ payment systems in accordance with the law, and explore the socialized service system and service fees for the operation, management and protection of rural human settlement environment infrastructure The market-oriented formation mechanism guides the villagers to establish a sense of ownership of caring for facilities and equipment and maintaining the village environment.
The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 6th on the situation of the five-year action to improve the rural human settlement environment.
Wu Xiao said that since 2018, through three years of centralized rectification of rural areas, the long-standing situation of dirty, messy and poor has been reversed, and infrastructure such as sanitary toilets and garbage disposal stations have also been built in most parts of the country.
The problem of inadequate operation management and protection mechanism is still quite prominent, affecting the sustainability of the remediation effect.
The key task of the "Five-Year Action Plan for the Improvement and Improvement of Rural Human Settlement Environment" is to move from comprehensive improvement to quality and efficiency improvement, that is, overall improvement.
One of the key tasks should include the establishment of a sound management and protection mechanism.
In this regard, the Action Plan proposes to pay equal attention to both construction and management, adhere to the construction mechanism before construction, and strive to build a pattern of joint construction and management by the government, market entities, village collectives, and villagers to ensure that by 2025, rural human settlements The level of environmental governance has been significantly improved, and a long-term management and protection mechanism for the rural human settlement environment with systems, standards, teams, funds, and supervision has been basically established.
For areas with foundations and conditions such as the suburbs of eastern, central and western cities, a long-term management and protection mechanism must be established in an all-round way.
Specifically, there are three main measures:
One is to clarify responsibilities.
Implement the responsibilities of local governments, responsible departments, and operation and management units, guide village collective economic organizations, farmer cooperatives, and villagers to participate in the operation and management of rural human settlement environment infrastructure, clarify the ownership of the rural human settlement environment infrastructure property rights, and reasonably determine the management Protect the subject.
A clear distinction must be made between who is responsible for the facility and who is responsible for which link. Especially in view of the scattered rural settlements, the Action Plan emphasizes the need to pay more attention to the management and protection role of village-level organizations and villagers. The former "Three Guarantees" and other village regulations and villagers’ self-government mechanisms guide farmers in self-management, self-education, self-service, and self-supervision, and promote the institutionalization, normalization and long-term effect of village cleaning actions.
The second is to improve the system.
Encourage all localities to carry out local legislation in light of actual conditions.
Improve village cleaning, rural domestic waste and sewage treatment, and rural sanitary toilet management systems, establish and improve facility construction management standards and regulations, and gradually establish a government-led, multi-party participation, and market-operated rural human settlement environment infrastructure management and protection mechanism.
Promote the integrated operation management and protection of rural toilets, domestic garbage, sewage treatment facilities and equipment, and village cleaning, encourage the implementation of systematic, professional, and socialized operation management and protection in areas where conditions permit, and promote the overall planning of urban and rural human settlement environment infrastructure. Unified management and protection operations.
The third is to ensure funding.
Gradually establish a system of operation, management and maintenance funds guaranteeing reasonable payment by farmers, overall planning by village-level organizations, and appropriate government subsidies. Areas with conditions can explore the implementation of rural toilet manure cleaning, rural household garbage and sewage treatment, and farmers’ payment systems in accordance with the law, and explore rural human settlements. The socialized service system of environmental infrastructure operation, management and protection and the market-oriented formation mechanism of service fees guide villagers to establish a sense of ownership of protecting facilities and equipment and maintaining the village environment.