Beijing, April 4 (Zhongxin Net) -- The indiscriminate occupation of arable land in rural areas to build houses continues to increase, and the supervision of mineral resources protection is still not in place... In the past week, at least nine prefectural and municipal governments have been interviewed for these issues.
Intensive interviews with the heads of prefectures and cities
From October to November 2022, the National Natural Resources Supervision Agency carried out on-site inspections of cultivated land protection and mineral resources in 10 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and found some violations of laws and regulations.
In response to the outstanding problems discovered by the inspectors, with the authorization of the State General Inspectorate of Natural Resources, the National Natural Resources Inspectorate agencies stationed at the local level have recently conducted interviews with some prefectural and municipal governments with serious violations of laws and regulations.
On April 4, the Shenyang Supervision Bureau interviewed Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, and the Jinan Supervision Bureau interviewed Yantai City, Shandong Province.
On April 4, the Shanghai Supervision Bureau interviewed Ningde City, Fujian Province, and the Wuhan Supervision Bureau interviewed Bijie City, Guizhou Province.
On April 4, the Xi'an Supervision Bureau interviewed Xianyang in Shaanxi Province and Dingxi City in Gansu Province.
On April 4, the Nanjing Inspectorate interviewed Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. On the same day, the Beijing Supervision Bureau interviewed Xingtai, Hebei Province, and Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province.
These places are named with a large number of problems and a high ranking of the rankings
The Shanghai Supervision Bureau pointed out that from the nature, number and area of the problems found by comprehensive inspectors, as well as the supervision results of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the self-inspection of Fujian Province, the problem of violations of laws and regulations in Ningde City is more prominent, the problem of "zero tolerance" to curb new illegal land use is not in place, and there are situations such as weak supervision and lax law enforcement, which are mainly manifested in the "non-agriculture" of cultivated land, the neglect of ecological protection in the site selection of supplementary cultivated land projects, and the illegal disposal of sand and gravel resources in engineering construction projects.
The total number of violations of laws and regulations in Bijie City, Guizhou and Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province is relatively large and ranked high.
The Wuhan Supervision Bureau reported at the meeting that the total number of violations of laws and regulations in land and minerals in Bijie City is relatively large and ranked high, mainly reflected in the continuous increase in the problem of indiscriminate occupation of cultivated land and building houses in rural areas; There are many types of illegal land use for tourism industry projects, and they are widely distributed; Weak law enforcement and supervision of mineral resources, serious problems such as illegal mining of sand and gravel soil mines; There are many problems in violation of competitive transfer requirements, such as setting restrictions on bidders in violation of regulations, and the transfer of mining rights.
The Xi'an Supervision Bureau pointed out that the problems in Xianyang City are mainly manifested in: the total number of land violations and violations is relatively large, ranking high among Shaanxi cities, the problem of indiscriminate occupation of cultivated land and building houses in rural areas has not been effectively curbed, the problem of false amount of new cultivated land added to the supplementary cultivated land project is prominent, the problem of illegal occupation and destruction of cultivated land such as pushing and filling soil for the implementation of project construction, piling up and pressing and digging sand to extract soil is ineffective, and there is a problem of "non-grainization" of permanent basic farmland.
The provincial government requires timely submission of rectification results
According to the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources, on February 2, the 16 National Natural Resources Inspectorate Work Conference was held. It is understood that since its establishment, the natural resources supervision agency has played an important role in strictly observing the red line of cultivated land, promoting the conservation and intensive use of land, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, rectifying prominent problems in the field of natural resources, and promoting major reforms in the field of natural resources.
At this round of local interviews, many local government leaders made statements and action arrangements for the implementation of the results of supervision and rectification.
The Liaoning provincial government required that Chaoyang City should reverse the time and wall chart to fight, and go all out to complete the rectification work; The Provincial Department of Natural Resources should strengthen supervision and guidance, ensure the quality and progress of rectification, and promptly report the results of rectification.
In addition, local natural resource inspectorates will follow up on urban remediation.
The Shanghai Supervision Bureau will continue to increase the intensity of inspection, carry out supervision and verification of the interviewed Ningde City, seriously supervise and correct the ineffective rectification and investigation and slow progress, and transfer it in accordance with the requirements of the natural resources supervision law enforcement and discipline inspection and supervision mechanism, promote the rectification of problems in related fields, and urge the implementation of accountability.
The Nanjing Supervision Bureau said that Jiujiang City, which was interviewed, would closely follow up the rectification and improvement exhibition, carry out supervision and verification, and promote the implementation of rectification measures to achieve results.
The Minister of Natural Resources once said: Dare to show the sword
During this interview, on April 4, the Ministry of Natural Resources publicly reported on 14 major typical violations of laws and regulations discovered by cultivated land protection inspectors in 2022, and as many as 67 cases of illegal land grants, illegal land acquisition, and leading the promotion of illegal land occupation and inadequate supervision by local party committees and governments.
The head of the Office of the National General Inspector of Natural Resources pointed out that the protection of cultivated land is the great power of the country. Guarding the red line of 18.2022 billion mu of arable land is a long-term task. In 31, the National Natural Resources Supervision Organization organized farmland protection inspections in 267 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and on the basis of provincial-level inspections, it went down to 1624 cities and <>,<> counties to carry out on-site inspections. The inspectors found that the awareness of cultivated land protection in some places is still not in place, and the main responsibility of cultivated land protection of some city and county party committees and governments and the supervision responsibilities of relevant departments have not been implemented, and supervision is ineffective and law enforcement is not strict.
At this year's ministerial channel of the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, Wang Guanghua, minister of natural resources, answered reporters' questions on firmly adhering to the red line of 18.<> billion mu of arable land, strengthening the exploration and development of important energy and mineral resources, and promoting ecological protection and restoration.
Wang Guanghua said that it is necessary to strictly enforce the law, dare to show the sword, and seriously investigate and deal with illegal construction and occupation of cultivated land with a zero-tolerance attitude. At the same time, the supplementary cultivated land index for the location of illegal construction projects will be frozen, so that the illegally occupied cultivated land can also be replenished. (End)