Today (February 24), Shanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, and Yunnan 8 provinces and autonomous regions announced the implementation of the rectification and reform of the second round and the third batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspector feedback.
Shanxi Province has solidly promoted the ecological restoration of "two mountains, seven rivers and one basin", implemented 18 ecological management projects for the main stream of the Fen River, built 360,000 hectares of afforestation, and completed the ecological restoration and management of 6,739 hectares of historical mines.
Liaoning Province has completed the remediation of 20 key river sections and 1959 sewage outlets entering the river and the sea, and completed the construction of a drainage pipe network of 879 kilometers. In 2021, the proportion of good water quality in the province's surface water national examination sections will reach 83.3%.
Anhui Province implemented the construction of ecological corridors along the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Jianghuai Canal, Xin'an River, and ecological barriers in southern and western Anhui, and completed 120,000 hectares of afforestation, 400,000 hectares of forest tending, and 50,000 hectares of degraded forest restoration.
Jiangxi Province has invested a total of 19 billion yuan to build 38 domestic waste incineration facilities with a daily processing capacity of 33,650 tons. The 11 urban areas of the province have basically achieved clean incineration of domestic waste.
Henan Province has built 607 kilometers of ecological corridors on the right bank of the Yellow River (Henan section), completed the afforestation of 2,973 hectares of ecological corridors along the main and tributaries of the Yellow River, and continued to promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.
Hunan Province has solidly promoted the comprehensive improvement of the water environment of Dongting Lake, and implemented seven total phosphorus pollution control projects. The total phosphorus concentrations of West Dongting Lake and South Dongting Lake have dropped to 0.048 mg/L and 0.051 mg/L respectively.
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region allocated 341 million yuan to carry out ecological protection and restoration of the Lijiang River Basin in Guilin. The area of illegal sand mining was restored to nearly 90 hectares, and 9,613 hectares of trees were planted.
Yunnan Province has focused on rectifying illegal constructions along the Dianchi Lake. A total of 1.1 million square meters of illegal constructions have been demolished, and 14 kilometers of ecological lakeside belts have been restored.
The second round and the third batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspectors began in April 2021, and feedback on rectification opinions was carried out in July of the same year.
As of December 2022, 356 of the 558 rectification tasks specified in the rectification plans of the 8 provinces and regions have been completed, and the remaining rectification tasks are being actively and orderly advanced.
(CCTV news client)