The Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector is a major institutional innovation planned, deployed and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping personally.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and resolutely carried out political work. Responsibility, achieve remarkable results, and promote historical, turning and overall changes in ecological and environmental protection.
Adhere to Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought as the fundamental
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. Standing at the height of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, General Secretary Xi Jinping vigorously promotes theoretical innovation, practical innovation and institutional innovation of ecological civilization. , system, organization, and style of work will be fully exerted to strengthen ecological and environmental protection in an all-round, whole-region, and whole-process.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to and kindly cares about the central ecological and environmental protection inspection work. He has given important instructions and instructions many times, and personally reviewed each batch of inspection work arrangements, each inspection report, each rectification plan, and each rectification implementation. Provide direction for inspection work.
At the beginning of the design of the inspection system, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform. The meeting reviewed and approved the "Environmental Protection Inspection Plan (Trial)". The meeting pointed out that establishing an environmental inspection working mechanism is an important starting point for building an ecological civilization. It is of great significance to strictly implement the main responsibility for environmental protection, improve the target responsibility assessment system for leading cadres, and pursue leading and supervisory responsibilities.
While making phased progress, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the National Conference on Ecological Environmental Protection and pointed out: "The central environmental protection supervision system is well established and used well, dare to act the truth, not afraid of offending people, and stick to the problem. Relaxation has become a hard move to promote local party committees and governments and their relevant departments to implement their ecological and environmental protection responsibilities."
When the inspector was developing in depth, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must adhere to the tone of strictness, that the investigation should be investigated and punished, the exposure should be exposed, the rectification should be rectified, and the accountability should be held accountable.
The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council have successively issued the "Regulations on the Work of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector" and the "Measures for the Rectification of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector", which provided a strong institutional guarantee for the smooth progress of the inspection work.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization, deeply understands the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthens the "four consciousnesses", and strengthens the "four self-confidences". , to achieve "two maintenance."
The top priority and the first priority of each inspector's presence is to deeply study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions, to benchmark against the table, to have a deep understanding, to formulate plans, to establish a ledger, to specialize in a special group, and to verify item by item. Resolutely investigate to the end and keep an eye on it to ensure that the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions are fully implemented.
Under the vigorous promotion of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, the ecological damage of the Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve in Gansu, the illegal construction of villas in Xi'an at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, the illegal mining in the Muli mining area in Qinghai, and the illegal construction of golf courses and villas in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin have been basically solved. The rectification of a large number of ecological and environmental problems has been carried out in depth, and staged results have been achieved.
Many leading cadres said that they have been deeply educated, shocked and alerted by the central ecological and environmental protection inspection, which has effectively strengthened the ideological, political and action consciousness of implementing Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector has achieved remarkable results
The central ecological and environmental protection supervision work thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, adheres to the people-centered approach, focuses on solving outstanding ecological and environmental problems, improving the quality of the ecological environment, and promoting high-quality development, and strives to consolidate the construction of ecological civilization and the political responsibility for ecological and environmental protection , strengthen the accountability of inspectors, form warnings and deterrence, promote the implementation of work, and achieve both symptoms and root causes, and have achieved remarkable results in the affirmation of the central government, the praise of the people, the support of all parties, and the problem solving.
Make every effort to consolidate the political responsibility for ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection.
All regions, relevant departments of the State Council and relevant central enterprises consciously accept and fully cooperate with the supervision, and continuously strengthen the main responsibility and primary responsibility of ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection.
All provinces have generally established inspection leading groups or inspection and rectification leading groups headed by the main responsible comrades of the party and government, and regard inspection work as a major political task, a major people's livelihood project, and a major development issue.
The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the executive meeting of the government will conduct regular research and deployment of ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection work, promote the implementation of the party and government responsibility for ecological environmental protection and the implementation of two responsibilities for one post and see actual results, and build a "joint management" system. "Great Environmental Protection" work pattern.
Focus on solving a large number of outstanding ecological and environmental problems.
The inspection work adheres to the problem orientation, closely integrates the actual situation of the inspected objects, focuses on the prominent contradictions and major problems in the field of ecological and environmental protection, dares to bite the "hard bones", specializes in "big problems", and promotes the increase of the inspected objects with a clear attitude and resolute measures. Capital investment, make up for the shortcomings of facilities, solve outstanding problems, and improve the working mechanism.
As of the end of April 2022, there were 3,294 rectification tasks specified in the first round of inspections and the "Look Back" rectification plan, with an overall completion rate of 95%.
Half of the 1,227 rectification tasks specified in the first three batches of rectification plans in the second round have been completed.
The fourth, fifth and sixth batches of inspection and rectification are being actively and orderly carried out, and a large number of ecological and environmental problems have been effectively resolved.
Strongly promote high-quality economic and social development.
The inspection work adheres to serving the overall situation, pays close attention to the complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept of the inspected objects, promotes the coordinated promotion of high-quality economic development and high-level protection of the ecological environment, and unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority and green development.
Taking the inspection and rectification as an opportunity, all regions focus on serving the major strategies of the region, focus on promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and strive to achieve a win-win situation in economic, environmental and social benefits.
For example, Wen'an County, Hebei Province has vigorously promoted the comprehensive improvement of the wood-based panel industry to achieve continuous improvement of air quality, and traditional industries are moving towards "green".
Shanghai's Yangpu Riverside has changed from an "industrial rust belt" to a "life show belt", and the former gathering place of old industrial enterprises has become the back garden of residents.
Zhejiang Province has promoted the rectification, transformation and upgrading of characteristic industries in an orderly manner, and transformed and upgraded five characteristic industrial areas of Hangzhou Fuyang Papermaking, Ningbo Cixi Rubber, Taizhou Wenling Shipbuilding, Shaoxing Keqiao Printing and Dyeing, and Jinhua Lanxi Textile.
Ningde City, Fujian Province has strengthened the comprehensive improvement of marine aquaculture to realize the optimization of the marine ecological environment and the healthy and sustainable development of the marine aquaculture industry.
Actively respond to people's expectations for a beautiful ecological environment.
The "Resolution" of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "To carry out the central ecological and environmental protection supervision, resolutely investigate and deal with a number of major and typical cases that damage the ecological environment, and solve a number of prominent environmental problems that the people have strongly reflected on." Supervision work insists on everything For the sake of the people and all relying on the people, take the seemingly inconspicuous "small problems" around the masses as the "big things" that the inspectors are concerned about, publish the telephone number and mailbox for complaints and reports, promptly accept and transfer reports from the masses, and urge the ecological environment problems reported by the masses to be reported The investigation and punishment are in place, the rectification is in place, and the social supervision is fully accepted.
As of the end of April 2022, the two rounds of inspectors had accepted 287,000 reports from the public on the transfer of ecological environment, and 285,000 had been completed or completed in stages.
A number of typical cases were publicly exposed in the form of "text + picture + video", which attracted widespread attention from the society.
Many people have called and sent letters to express their support and affirmation for the central ecological and environmental protection supervision work.
Efforts to build an iron army of ecological and environmental protection
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "It is necessary to build an iron army of ecological and environmental protection, with strong politics, high skills, hard work style, daring to take responsibility, especially able to endure hardship, especially able to fight, and especially able to contribute." To shoulder the political responsibility of the central ecological and environmental protection inspector, It is necessary to compress and consolidate the main responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and continue to strengthen the construction of the inspection team, so as to provide a strong guarantee for the central supervision of ecological and environmental protection.
Speak clearly about politics.
The central ecological and environmental protection inspector represents the authority of the central government, and speaking of politics is the first requirement.
The inspector’s work always tightens the string of speaking clearly about politics, consciously judges the situation and analyzes problems from a political point of view, thinks about problems and does work under the overall situation of the work of the party and the country, and always has the same political position, political direction, political principle, and political path. The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core maintains a high degree of unity.
Strictly implement the "Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector Work Regulations" and "Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector Rectification Work Measures", strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, strictly implement the request and report system, strictly implement various confidentiality regulations, and strictly abide by the inspection discipline, procedures and Normatively and correctly perform duties in accordance with laws and regulations.
At the beginning of each inspection team's entry, a temporary party branch was established immediately to implement the requirements of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, standardize the development of intra-party organizational life, adhere to the integration and mutual promotion of party building and business, and strengthen the education, supervision and management of members of the inspection team. Effectively Played the role of the party branch as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members.
Strengthen the construction of work style and discipline.
The construction of work style and discipline is carried out through the preparation of inspectors, the inspection of inspectors, the inspection report, the inspector's feedback, the handover and transfer, the implementation of rectification, and the filing of documents. Strictly implement the spirit of the eight central regulations and their implementation rules, and strictly implement all aspects of clean government. Regulations, and abstain from formalism and bureaucracy.
It is strictly forbidden to indiscriminately take simple and rude behaviors such as emergency shutdown of work and production in order to deal with inspectors, and perfunctory responses such as "all shutdowns", "stop first and then", and avoid replacing rectification with accountability, as well as arbitrary, indiscriminate, and simplistic Accountability, etc.
Formulate the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector Discipline Regulations, and put forward comprehensive and clear requirements for political discipline and political rules, organizational discipline, work discipline, integrity discipline, mass discipline, and life discipline.
Before the inspectors arrived, organize and carry out clean government reminders.
On the day the inspector arrived, he made a statement to the inspected object to accept supervision, and simultaneously accepted social supervision.
After the inspection is over, implement "one inspector and two reports", and simultaneously write and submit the inspector's report and the integrity report.
The Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has strengthened the supervision of the whole process.
Improve team ability and quality.
In-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, adhere to the integration of learning, thinking and application, the unity of knowledge, trust and action, and unswervingly be a firm believer, a loyal practitioner, and an unremitting struggler.
Continuously improve the professional quality and professional ability of the inspector team, allocate capable forces to set up a database of inspectors and experts, focus on tempering inspector cadres on the front line, and “press the burden” and “lead the way” in inspector practice, so as to effectively improve inspectors’ cadres to find problems and promote them. Problem solving skills.
The leader and deputy leader of the inspection team went deep into the front line, set the direction of the quasi-inspector, and played a leading role in demonstration.
On the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and marching towards the second centenary goal, the central ecological and environmental protection inspector must always adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and urgently Focusing closely on the overall situation of economic and social development, adhere to the system concept, adhere to the strict tone, adhere to the problem orientation, adhere to reform and innovation, adhere to precision, science and law, strengthen confidence, maintain determination, grasp the iron marks, leave marks on the stepping stones, and face difficulties , to meet the tough, to contribute to the construction of a beautiful China in which man and nature coexist in harmony, and to welcome the victory of the Party's 20th National Congress with practical actions.
(The authors of Sun Jinlong and Huang Runqiu are the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment)