China News Service, April 7th, according to the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources, recently, seven departments including the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "Work Plan for the Special Action for Combating "Washing Caves" Stealing Gold Mining (hereinafter referred to as the "Work Plan"). "), requiring a one-year special rectification campaign against "washing holes" illegal gold mining across the country.
The "Work Plan" requires that, according to the catalogue list of gold mines provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources, combined with satellite remote sensing images, the natural resources authorities at the provincial (autonomous region, municipality) level should organize the preliminary determination of gold mine illegal mining sites, and on this basis, organize Each department investigates the following situations: Investigating the situation of abandoned gold mines, including policy closure of gold mines, withdrawal of gold mines in protected areas, the number of abandoned mines that are normally closed, the situation of blocking, the main body responsible for blocking, and the illegal mining of gold mines The location of the point, the situation of blocking, the main body responsible for blocking, etc.; check the illegal production, sales, transportation, reselling, use of civilian explosives and sodium cyanide, illegal mining and dressing of gold mines and electricity consumption, etc., and establish a ledger; check A ledger shall be established for violations of laws and regulations such as environmental pollution caused by "washing holes" in gold mines;
The "Work Plan" proposes to concentrate efforts to crack down on illegal gold mining by "washing holes" according to the law, investigate and punish illegal production, sales, transportation, reselling, use of civilian explosives and sodium cyanide, electricity consumption, environmental pollution violations and violations in accordance with the law. Purchasing and selling gold and mineral products, the relevant responsible persons shall be investigated for legal responsibility in accordance with the law, and those involving "protective umbrellas" shall be pursued to the end, so that "no one misses the case, and no one misses the case".
For the abandoned mines with policy-based closure of gold mines, withdrawal of gold mines in protected areas, normal closure of gold mines, and abandoned mines where gold mines are illegally mined, the main body of governance responsibility shall be clarified. For abandoned mine shafts that are not completely blocked, organize re-blocking.
The safety hazards of gold mines and their tailings ponds found in the investigation shall be dealt with in a timely manner.
The "Work Plan" is clear, strengthen supervision and accountability, resolutely prevent formalism and bureaucracy in special rectification actions, and never allow "policies from above and countermeasures from below."
Those who are making slow progress in the special rectification work, shirk the blame, and ignore the important points will be publicly notified and interviewed; those who are banned, falsified, concealed and omitted, and cases not investigated, will be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law and discipline; Relevant personnel who violate disciplines and laws and regulations, such as internal and external collusion, accepting bribes, and acting as "protective umbrellas", shall be transferred to the discipline inspection and supervision organs for serious treatment.