The Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector is a major institutional innovation and major reform measure of the party and the country that General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned and deployed and promoted. It is a major original achievement and institutional guarantee of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the inspection system has been developed from scratch and has been continuously advanced in depth. It has achieved remarkable results in "the central government's affirmation, the people's praise, the support of all parties, and the problem solving", and has achieved good political, economic, environmental and The social effect has made important contributions to the construction of a beautiful China and the realization of the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

  In response to the relevant experience and achievements of the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors, this reporter interviewed Wan Jun, chief engineer of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

Reporter: What is the biggest change brought about by the central ecological and environmental protection inspector?

Wan Jun:

First, through the promotion of inspections, Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought has become more popular among the people. The concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" has become a high consensus of the whole party and the whole society. The local party committees and governments attach great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and ecological environmental protection. Significant improvement, the whole society's awareness of ecological and environmental protection has been significantly enhanced.

  The second is to become a hard move to consolidate the "Party and government with the same responsibility" and "one post with two responsibilities" for ecological and environmental protection.

Many places reported that "the inspector is a slap in the face" and "not only pointed out the disease, but also prescribed the medicine".

It is understood that various provinces generally set up inspection leading groups or rectification leading groups headed by the main responsible comrades of the party and government, and some also take the lead in rectifying the most important issues. Provincial Party committee standing committees and government executive meetings have repeatedly studied and deployed ecological Civilization construction and ecological environmental protection work.

The inspectors have strongly promoted the party committees and governments at all levels to resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction and accelerate the construction of a modern environmental governance system.

  Third, the inspectors adhered to a strict tone and problem orientation, and solved a large number of outstanding ecological and environmental problems.

For example, issues such as the protection of the Yangtze River coastline and the regulation of the illegal low encirclement of Xisai Lake in Dongting Lake, Hunan, which are widely concerned by all parties, have been highly valued by the local party committee and government, and strong measures have been taken resolutely.

  The fourth is to effectively promote high-quality economic development.

For example, Shanghai's Yangpu Riverside used to be a traditional "industrial rust belt" that occupied the "first-line river view". Now it has been transformed into a living coastline, an ecological coastline, and a landscape coastline dominated by parks and green spaces, realizing the transformation into a "life beauty belt". Gorgeous turn.

Another example is that Zhejiang has taken the opportunity of inspections to promote the rectification, transformation and upgrading of characteristic industries in an orderly manner, and has transformed and upgraded a number of characteristic industrial areas such as Hangzhou Fuyang Papermaking, Ningbo Cixi Rubber, Taizhou Wenling Shipbuilding, Shaoxing Keqiao Printing and Dyeing, and Jinhua Lanxi Textile.

All localities will further improve their ideological understanding, unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, and strive to achieve a win-win situation in economic, environmental and social benefits.

Reporter: What are the "big problems" that the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors have solved for many years but have not been solved?

Wan Jun:

For a long time, many places have left many outstanding environmental problems. The problems are complex and difficult to solve. Inspectors focus on "hard bones" and eliminate "big problems".

For example, the pollution problem of Lianjiang River in Guangdong has a long history. It has been black and smelly for more than 20 years. Many people once thought that it was impossible to control it.

The inspector awakened everyone's sense of responsibility and determination to rectify Lianjiang, and made major breakthroughs in a short period of time for things that they dared not think about, dare not do, or could not do in the past.

Guangdong has actively innovated governance models and promoted comprehensive river basin improvement. The prefectures and cities have taken the main responsibility for demolition, source control, pollution interception, dredging, and restoration, so as to promote the construction of environmental infrastructure on the fast track.

Through unremitting efforts, Lianjiang has achieved a major turning point change in water quality from universal black and odor to the national examination section to Class IV. In 2021, the comprehensive pollution index of the main stream of Lianjiang will drop by 40.3% year-on-year, realizing the transition from "ink river" to "ecological river". "The Butterfly Change.

  There are still many such typical cases. The inspector has effectively promoted a large number of prominent ecological and environmental problems that have been strongly reflected by the masses, such as the drying up of Xinfeng River in Beijing, the odor of Zhujia sludge in Shenyang City, Liaoning, and the disorderly mining in Ningxia. Solved, the rectification effect is obvious.

Reporter: In promoting local party committees and governments to implement their responsibilities for ecological and environmental protection, what are the hard tricks of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector?

Wan Jun:

There are many ways to do this. The hard tricks that impress me deeply. First, the typical cases are publicly exposed in the form of "text + pictures + video", and the main central media and social media report extensively and in-depth, and continue to transmit pressure. Give full play to the role of warning and deterrence; second, serious, precise and effective accountability, for important ecological and environmental problems discovered by the inspectors and the dereliction of duty by relevant personnel, the inspection team has sorted out a list of issues and files for accountability for ecological and environmental damage, and handed over to the suspects in accordance with procedures. The object of inspection is to force the implementation of responsibilities and problem solving.

For example, the second round of the third batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspectors will be stationed in Yunnan in 2021, publicly exposing issues such as the encroachment of the Changyao Mountain area in Kunming by real estate development projects and the encroachment of some projects into the Dianchi Lake Reserve.

Since then, the local people have deepened their understanding and resolutely rectified it. At present, the illegal buildings in the first and second-level protected areas of Dianchi Lake in Changyao Mountain have been completely demolished, the forest and grass vegetation have been rebuilt, and the green area has reached 940,000 square meters.

Through the public exposure of typical cases, this problem is not only a strong warning to Yunnan, but also to leading cadres in other parts of the country. Some places have increased the punishment and rectification of similar problems in Dianchi Lake.

It can be said that through inspections, the main responsibilities of each region and department and the responsibility of the first responsible person have been further consolidated, the system of "same party and government responsibility" and "one post with two responsibilities" have been promoted and implemented, and the work pattern of "big environmental protection" has been accelerated. Construct.

Reporter: After two rounds of inspections, what is the effect of the rectification for the "one size fits all" problem in some places?

Wan Jun:

"One size fits all" is a typical formalism and bureaucracy, which not only damages the rights and interests of legal and compliant enterprises, but also goes against the original intention of ecological and environmental protection work.

For this reason, before each batch of inspectors is stationed, the inspection team will send a letter to the inspected object, and it is strictly forbidden to indiscriminately take simple and rude behaviors such as emergency shutdown of work and production, as well as perfunctory responses such as "all shutdowns", "stop first and then talk", etc. practice.

We are also concerned that the inspectors investigate not only inaction and slow behavior, but also chaotic and indiscriminate behavior, and resolutely curb "one size fits all" behavior.

Reporter: Do you have any suggestions and expectations for the work related to the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector?

Wan Jun:

As a long-term major institutional arrangement for promoting ecological civilization and building a beautiful China, the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors have arduous tasks and heavy workloads. The inspection objects involve provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), relevant departments of the State Council and central enterprises.

To this end, it is recommended that the next round of inspectors continue to focus on the implementation of ecological and environmental protection requirements in the implementation of major regional strategies, the implementation of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, outstanding shortcomings in environmental infrastructure construction, major ecological damage and environmental pollution. , The rectification of problems discovered by the first two rounds of inspections, and the outstanding ecological and environmental problems that the people have strongly reflected; at the same time, the work system and mature experience that have been explored and formed in the practice of inspections should also be solidified in time to better guide long-term work.

(Reporter Zhang Lei of this newspaper)