The surging Yangtze River is the mother river of the Chinese nation.
Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and it is a major strategy related to the overall development of the country.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "We must insist on putting the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an important position in promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and focus on large-scale protection instead of large-scale development." "We must take the road of ecological priority and green development."
Using rigid systems to ensure the implementation of major national regional development strategies has been effective.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector adheres to a strict tone, dares to be tough, and focuses on the requirements of "together with large-scale protection, not large-scale development", focusing on the "ten-year fishing ban" in the Yangtze River, coastline protection, and water ecology protection and restoration , pollution prevention and other issues, urge the 11 provinces and cities along the river to vigorously promote the improvement of the ecological environment, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Lay the background of green development
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The relationship between ecological environment protection and economic development is not a relationship of contradiction and opposition, but a relationship of dialectical unity. Only when the background of green development is laid well, will there be a triumphant development in the future."
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector focused on promoting the solution of a series of ecological and environmental problems in the Yangtze River Basin, and a picture of harmony between people and water gradually emerged.
"There used to be many wharves and factories by the river, and the air was filled with a strange smell." A photographer from Nantong City, Jiangsu Province described the past scene of Wushan and the area along the river.
Now, it has turned into a riverside green space and a sea of flowers.
Wushan and the areas along the Yangtze River have a coastline of about 14 kilometers.
In 2016, after the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector pointed out the pollution problem of the port and wharf, Nantong City launched an ecological protection and restoration project, focusing on solving the ecological difficulties caused by decades of industrial agglomeration along the river.
Today, more than 200 ecological protection and restoration projects in 20 categories have been successfully completed, making Wushan and the area along the river a beautiful landscape.
Under the strong promotion of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, such an "ecological butterfly change" has also occurred in the cooling pool plot of Hanyang Steelmaking Plant in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
In Zhangzhidong Sports Park in Hanyang District, red flowers and green grass are full of vitality.
Years ago, it was a dirty and polluted place.
During the first round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections in 2018, the inspection team received letters and visits from the masses, reflecting that the cooling pool plot of the Hanyang Steel Plant had been unmanaged for a long time, was dilapidated and cluttered, and the citizens were eager to become "dirty, messy, and poor". "Ecological Green".
After the central ecological and environmental protection inspector pointed out the problem, the local government made up its mind to solve the urgent and worrying problems around the people.
In 2019, more than 2,000 square meters of illegal buildings were completely demolished, and a street garden was built.
In 2020, the environmental remediation will be upgraded, with an investment of 58 million yuan, and a comprehensive sports park will rise from the ground.
With the comprehensive development of the central ecological and environmental protection inspection, there are many such "gorgeous turn" stories along the Yangtze River——
In Fuling District, Chongqing, the environmental problems of Sinochem's subsidiary Fuling Chemical Co., Ltd. have been effectively rectified.
Sinochem's Fuling Nan'anpu plant was completely shut down, and a new plant was completed and put into operation 52 kilometers away.
The phosphogypsum storage yard in the original factory area has changed from "grey sky" to "flower garden", and now it has become Shilongshan Park.
In Anqing City, Anhui Province, the rectification of ecological environment problems in the finless porpoise nature reserve has become a key project for pollution prevention and control.
The "Regulations on the Protection of Yangtze River Finless Dolphins in Anqing City" was promulgated and implemented, and the number of finless porpoises in the Anqing section of the Yangtze River has increased from 130 to 150 in 2015 to 180 to 200 in 2020.
In Shanghai, part of the rainwater from the Shidongkou Sewage Treatment Plant once overflowed the Yangtze River via Baoshan No. 5 Pumping Station.
After receiving the feedback from the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government attached great importance to it.
Through upgrading and renovation, Shidongkou Sewage Treatment Plant added a 44,000-cubic-meter muddy water comprehensive treatment tank and built an 80,000-cubic-meter storage tank.
At the same time, a new Taihe sewage treatment plant with a treatment capacity of 400,000 cubic meters per day was built.
The rectification effect has been widely recognized by the surrounding people.
Starting from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systemic nature of the watershed, tracing the source and treating it systematically
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "We must start from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systemic nature of the watershed, trace the source, and treat it systematically, so as to prevent headaches and foot pains."
The key to collectively grasping great protection lies in the word "common".
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector firmly established the "one game of chess" thinking and system concept in the basin, made a fuss based on the word "common", and promoted the coordinated governance of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, left and right banks, and main and tributaries.
In 2018, the fifth central ecological and environmental protection inspection team carried out inspections in Sichuan "looking back" and special inspections on the prevention and control of water pollution in the Tuojiang River Basin, pointing out that the problems of water pollution prevention and control in the Tuojiang River Basin were prominent.
Sichuan Province started a tough battle to prevent and control water pollution in the entire basin, refined 20 rectification tasks, formulated 189 specific measures, and implemented the comparison list of 7 cities in the basin one by one.
At the same time, the planning and implementation of water pollution prevention and control in the basin was formulated and implemented, the basin was divided into 15 control units, and the assessment objectives were clarified by year and by unit.
Since 2017, Sichuan has invested nearly 40 billion yuan in governance funds and established a horizontal ecological compensation mechanism for the river basin.
In order to realize the "long-term governance and long-term clean-up" of the Tuojiang River, regulations such as "Regulations on the Water Environment Protection of the Tuojiang River Basin in Sichuan Province" have been successively issued.
Through collaborative governance, the water quality of the Tuojiang River Basin has been greatly improved, and the high-quality water quality rate of the national examination section has increased from 6.2% before the inspection to 93.8%.
To lead the way, to promote construction through governance, and to take the opportunity of inspection and rectification in many places to further promote the joint protection of the whole.
In recent years, due to insufficient sludge disposal capacity in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, about 520,000 tons of sludge generated by Jiaxing United Sewage Treatment Plant was temporarily stacked on idle land.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector pointed out that the temporary stacking of sludge has hidden dangers of secondary pollution.
Jiaxing City set up a special class, reversed the construction period, and completed the rectification and sales of sludge problems nearly one year ahead of schedule; and took the opportunity of inspection and rectification to carry out the construction of a "no-waste city" in the whole region, and has been successfully shortlisted in the national "no-waste city" construction list .
Give full play to ecological advantages and achieve high-quality development
On August 19, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Ma'anshan City for investigation and investigation, and learned in detail about the comprehensive improvement of the Yangtze River coastline in Ma'anshan City, the restoration of ecological environmental protection, and the ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River.
The general secretary emphasized: "The relationship between ecological environmental protection and economic development is not a relationship of contradiction and opposition, but a relationship of dialectical unity. Only by protecting the ecology well and making full use of the ecological advantages can high-quality development be achieved."
In the past, the coastline resources of the Ma'anshan section of the Yangtze River have been occupied by a large number of illegal small mineral processing, illegal docks, etc. for a long time.
Anhui Province took the opportunity of the central ecological and environmental protection inspection and rectification to carry out pollution control actions.
After treatment, the production coastline has become a living coastline, an ecological coastline, and a landscape coastline.
Practice has proved that, under the strong promotion of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, the "together focus on large-scale protection, not large-scale development" has been further promoted, and the support and driving role of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the country's high-quality development has been further enhanced.
Under the promotion of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province has carried out a special rectification action on the Yangtze River coastline.
After rectification, the former "Shili Shipbuilding Belt" was withdrawn from the stage of history, and the 13.7-kilometer Yangtze River coastline in the Qiaolin section of Pukou District was completely renewed.
In the Tongluoshan Mining Area, Yubei District, Chongqing City, mining over the years has resulted in serious ecological damage, and Yubei District has successively shut down mining enterprises.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspection team requires systematic restoration and thorough rectification of the abandoned mining area.
Yubei District implements the ecological protection and restoration of mines and the construction of mine parks simultaneously in accordance with the zoning management idea of "ecological conservation area, ecological restoration area, and rational utilization area".
The relevant person in charge of the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Office said: "The ecological environment warning film of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been filmed and produced for five consecutive years, pointing out 623 outstanding problems, including ineffective fishing bans, coastline damage, and illegal encroachment on nature reserves. , 468 questions have been rectified so far."
Through the central ecological and environmental protection supervision, the provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt have been promoted to unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development.
All localities have adjusted the industrial structure, accelerated shoreline remediation and pollution prevention and control.
The 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River have evacuated a total of 457 kilometers of the Yangtze River coastline, which not only improves the quality of the ecological environment, but also makes room for the development of high-quality industries.
Last year, the proportion of state-controlled sections with excellent water quality in the Yangtze River Basin reached 97.1%.
In 2020 and 2021, the main stream of the Yangtze River will achieve Class II water quality for two consecutive years, and the ecological and environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has undergone a turning point.
Protect while developing, develop while protecting.
The economic aggregate of the 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River has increased from 45.1% in 2015 to 46.6% last year, and its contribution to national economic growth has increased from 47.7% to 50.5%.
The Mother River is revived, and a river of clear water flows eastward, benefiting the people.
People's Daily reporter Liu Yi