Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 17. Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Measures for the Rectification of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Supervision" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures").

The responsible comrades of the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Office answered questions from reporters on the relevant situation of the "Measures".

  Q: Please introduce the background and significance of the "Measures".

  A: The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core attaches great importance to the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors, emphasizing the need to maintain a strict tone, adhere to problem orientation, promote the in-depth development of environmental protection inspectors, and pay close attention to the rectification of problems found by the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors.

  In June 2019, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Work of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Supervision", which stipulated principles for supervision and rectification.

In order to further promote the standardization and institutionalization of supervision and rectification work, improve the long-term mechanism of supervision and rectification work, and form a closed loop of supervision and rectification management for finding and solving problems, the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Office, on the basis of in-depth research, earnestly researched and demonstrated, and widely Solicit opinions, repeatedly revise and improve, and draft the "Measures" draft.

Approved by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council will issue the Measures in January 2022.

  The issuance and implementation of the "Measures" is an urgent need to thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, an important guarantee for promoting the resolution of prominent ecological and environmental problems, and an inherent requirement for improving the central ecological and environmental protection supervision system, which is conducive to promoting the rectification of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision. The work is implemented, and the Party Central Committee's deployment requirements for ecological civilization construction are better implemented.

  Q: What are the main contents of the Measures?

  A: The Measures have 6 chapters and 26 articles.

Chapter 1 "General Provisions" stipulates the purpose and basis, scope of application, working principles, etc.

Chapter 2 "Division of Responsibilities" stipulates the responsibilities of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision leading group, the central ecological and environmental protection supervision office, provincial party committees and governments, and relevant departments of the central and state organs in the supervision and rectification.

Chapter 3 "Working Procedures" stipulates that the rectification plan is prepared and submitted for approval, rectification implementation, acceptance and cancellation, periodic reporting and public disclosure.

Chapter 4 "Supervision and Guarantee" stipulates list-based management, regular scheduling, spot checks, follow-up reports, etc., and makes it clear that measures such as notification, supervision, interviews, and special inspections may be adopted for the ineffective rectification of inspectors.

Chapter 5 "Disciplinary Requirements" stipulates the rectification discipline and related requirements for inspectors.

Chapter VI "Supplementary Provisions" stipulates the interpretation authority and implementation time.

  Q: What are the requirements of the "Measures" for the working principles of inspection and rectification?

  Answer: The rectification and rectification of the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors mainly adhere to the following principles: first, to improve the political position, strengthen the "four awareness", strengthen the "four self-confidence", and achieve "two maintenance"; second, adhere to the system concept, highlight the Treat both the symptoms and the root causes, combine ecological environmental protection with national major regional strategies, promote the integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and promote high-quality economic and social development with high-level protection of the ecological environment; third, adhere to the keynote of strictness and dare to act Resolutely rectify, comprehensively rectify, and rectify thoroughly; fourth, adhere to precise and scientific, seek truth from facts, and promote the implementation of rectification in accordance with regulations and laws.

  Q: How does the "Measures" set up the division of responsibilities?

  A: Clarifying the division of responsibilities is the basic premise for doing a good job in the supervision and rectification.

The "Measures" stipulate that the central ecological and environmental protection supervision work leading group is responsible for overall guidance, and the central ecological and environmental protection supervision office is responsible for scheduling and supervising; the central and relevant departments of the state organs perform their own responsibilities and promote problem resolution.

At the provincial level, provincial party committees and governments are the main body of supervisory rectification responsibility, and their main responsible comrades are the first responsible persons for supervisory rectification; provincial party committees and governments should also establish a leadership mechanism for supervisory rectification, research deployment, overall coordination, supervision and promotion Inspector of rectification work.

  Q: What are the provisions of the "Measures" on the inspection and rectification work procedures?

  A: Standardizing work procedures is an important guarantee for the orderly advancement of rectification by inspectors.

The "Measures" standardize the procedures and requirements of the inspection and rectification work to solve some outstanding problems in the current rectification process, and at the same time solidify the mature and effective work process that has been tested in practice.

The first is to prepare and submit the rectification plan to the inspector for approval.

Provincial Party committees and government organizations formulate inspection and rectification plans and submit them to the Party Central Committee and the State Council for approval.

The second is to inspect the implementation of rectification.

The rectification implementer shall carry out rectification work in accordance with the inspection and rectification plan.

Provincial-level ecological and environmental protection inspectors take the feedback of the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors as an important part of the rectification of problems.

The provincial supervisory rectification leadership mechanism urges relevant localities and departments to strictly implement rectification tasks and measures, and do a good job in investigating and handling the ecological and environmental problems reported by the people during the inspection period.

The third is the acceptance number.

The completed inspection and rectification tasks shall be subject to acceptance and cancellation.

If the rectification task has implemented rectification measures and achieved the rectification goal, the account can be cancelled after acceptance and publicity.

Fourth, regular reports and public disclosure.

All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should regularly report to the Party Central Committee and the State Council the relevant situation of supervision and rectification, and report important situations in a timely manner.

All provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), and the main body of the implementation of inspection and rectification should regularly disclose the situation of inspection and rectification.

  Q: What supervision and safeguard measures are specified in the Measures?

  A: Strengthening supervision and guarantee is a powerful measure to promote the resolution of problems discovered by the supervision and rectification.

The "Measures" clarified work requirements such as list management, regular scheduling, spot checks, and follow-up reports, and stipulated that measures such as notification, supervision, interviews, special inspections, and transfer of accountability should be adopted for inspectors who did not rectify ineffectively.

One is list management and regular scheduling.

Inspector rectification implements ledger management, and the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector's Office formulates three lists of key inspection and rectification tasks, full-caliber inspection and rectification tasks, and common problems, and regularly schedules relevant situations.

The second is to conduct spot checks.

The Central Eco-Environmental Protection Inspector's Office organizes on-site monitoring of key inspection and rectification tasks, and conducts spot checks on inspection and rectification in due course.

All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) carry out on-site inspections and spot checks on the implementation of rectification by the inspectors.

The third is tracking reports.

The Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspectorate Office, together with relevant units, organized news media to track and report on the rectification of typical cases released during the inspection period, and publicly exposed issues such as perfunctory responses and falsification during the rectification.

The fourth is reporting, supervision, interviews, and special inspections.

With the approval of the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector Work Leading Group, the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector's Office will report, supervise, conduct public interviews or special inspections on the failure of the inspectors to rectify as appropriate; If the failure causes serious adverse effects, it will be handed over in accordance with the relevant procedures, and the organs and departments with management authority will be held accountable.

The fifth is positive incentives.

For those with outstanding rectification results, the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector's Office will timely form positive typical cases and publicize them, and play a role in motivating the advanced, exchanging work, and leading.

  Q: Could you please talk about how to ensure the implementation of the Measures.

  A: Inspector rectification is an important part of ecological and environmental protection inspection, and an important symbol for inspecting the effectiveness of inspection work.

All localities and relevant departments and units should conscientiously implement the provisions of the "Measures" to ensure that the deployment requirements of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision and rectification work are implemented.

The Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Office will organize and carry out supervision training, and guide and urge local and relevant central enterprises to accurately grasp the work requirements of supervision and rectification plan formulation, rectification implementation, supervision and inspection, acceptance of sales numbers, regular reports and public disclosure.

Do a good job of publicity work, and further create an atmosphere of precision, science, and promotion of supervision and rectification work in accordance with regulations and laws.