China News Service, September 20. The Supreme People's Court held a press conference on the 20th to introduce the environmental resources trial to escort the construction of a beautiful China.
At the meeting, Liu Zhumei, president of the Environmental Resources Division of the Supreme People's Court, introduced that in the past ten years, the people's courts have severely punished crimes of destroying the ecological environment and concluded 244,000 criminal cases of environmental resources.
Liu Zhumei said that the people's courts focus on the overall situation of the work of the party and the country, give full play to the role of environmental resources adjudication, and serve and guarantee the construction of ecological civilization.
Fully relieved environmental civil rights and interests, and concluded 1.378 million environmental and resource civil cases; supported and supervised the performance of administrative organs, and concluded 343,000 environmental and resource administrative cases; implemented environmental value and responsibility for damage, and concluded 15,800 environmental public interest litigation cases; The responsibility for compensation for ecological and environmental damage was investigated in accordance with the law, and 335 cases of compensation for ecological and environmental damage were concluded.
A total of 1,965,000 environmental and resource cases of various types were concluded, and a series of landmark cases were recorded in history, which effectively promoted the process of the rule of law in the ecological environment.
Tackling pollution prevention and protection, protecting environmental rights and interests.
On the track of the rule of law, we will deeply fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control, and intensify the trial of pollution cases in key areas.
Courts at all levels severely punish prominent crimes such as illegal waste water discharge, cross-region dumping, and disposal of hazardous wastes, and try cases involving heavily polluted weather and black and odorous water remediation in accordance with the law. Value" and the "happiness index" of people's lives have been raised simultaneously.
The Supreme People's Court concluded the "Tengger Desert Pollution" public interest litigation case, the Shanghai Court concluded the "foreign garbage" case, the Jiangsu Court concluded the Taizhou "high-priced" water pollution case, the Yangtze River shipping vessel stealing oily sewage case and other typical cases to protect the environment The legal provisions of rights and interests have become vivid judicial practice.
Service emission reduction and carbon reduction, and respond to climate change.
Special research on judicial rules for carbon emissions trading disputes, and drafting guidelines for judicial assistance to peak carbon and carbon neutrality goals.
Courts at all levels have strictly pursued responsibility for illegal acts such as false reporting and concealment of greenhouse gas emissions data.
The Zhejiang court concluded the case of illegal sale of "annual inspection artifact" of automobile exhaust, the Sichuan court established the "Green Finance Complaint Source Governance Workstation", and the Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Fujian courts signed a framework agreement on the protection of marine "blue carbon" resources, protecting clear water and blue sky with pragmatic measures .
Protect biodiversity and consolidate ecological security.
Implement the national strategy for biodiversity protection, and clarify the rules for judicial protection of biological populations and living environments.
Courts at all levels have cracked down on illegal fishing, endangering wild animals and plants, and other crimes in the entire chain, resolutely curbed the invasion of alien species, and enriched judicial measures for the restoration of biological populations.
The Yunnan court concluded the "Preventive Protection of Green Peacock" case, the Sichuan Court concluded the "Five Leaf Maple Protection" case, and the Jiangsu Court concluded the "illegal fishing of eel fry in the Yangtze River" and other major cases, declaring a clear judicial orientation for maintaining biosecurity and stabilizing national ecological security barrier.
Assist industrial upgrading and strengthen judicial supply.
Published guiding opinions on the construction of ecological civilization in the new era of service guarantees, and carried out research on the judgment rules of new cases such as emissions trading and green finance, and ensured the healthy development of new business formats.
Local courts have properly tried cases involving disputes over the planning, construction and production of enterprises with high energy consumption and high pollution, and promoted the green upgrade of the industrial structure.
Fujian courts explore the mechanism of "ecological justice + rescue insurance", Shandong courts explore "green enforcement", and Zhejiang courts set "environmental protection commitment" investment conditions in bankruptcy and reorganization cases, highlighting green as a bright background for high-quality economic and social development .
Coordinate protection and development and optimize resource utilization.
Implement the principles of protection and sustainable use of natural resources, issue guidance on severely punishing the crime of stealing and mining mineral resources, and maintain the safety of mineral resources and ecological environment; Strictly abide by the red line of ecological protection and the bottom line of resource utilization.
The Heilongjiang court concluded the case of illegal exploitation of peat soil, effectively protecting the black land, the "giant panda in arable land".
Ensure regional coordination and promote system governance.
Actively integrate environmental justice into national and regional coordinated development strategies such as the integration of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
The Supreme People's Court issued opinions on serving and guaranteeing ecological civilization construction and green development in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins. , the courts along the South-to-North Water Diversion and other courts jointly established a multi-level judicial cooperation mechanism to serve the systematic protection and integrated development of the basin area.