China News Service, Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Ding Si) “In Maqu, there is a herdsman named Zhuomajiabu who has been voluntarily participating in garbage cleaning and pasture protection for many years, and is known as the environmental guardian of the grassland. ." Yang Zhenlin, deputy to the National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee of Gansu Province and secretary of the Xiahe County Party Committee, shared the story of Gannan's ecological and environmental protection in Beijing on the 10th.
He said, "Nowadays, there are more and more people like Dolma Gyabu in Gannan, and protecting the ecological environment has been integrated into the production and life of people of all ethnic groups."
Gansu is an important water conservation area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and Yangtze River. It is an ecological barrier area that prevents the southward confluence of the Tengger, Badain Jaran, and Kumtag deserts. It plays a decisive role in ensuring national ecological security.
Issues such as normalized supervision of the ecological environment of the Qilian Mountains and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin have become topics of concern to representatives and committee members during this year's National Two Sessions.
Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province is an important water conservation and replenishment area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The Maqu Wetland is rich in water and grass and is known as the "Kidney of the Yellow River".
(File photo) Photo by Yang Yanmin
The ever-flowing Yellow River has "two inflows and two outflows" in Gansu, and 60% of the water in the Yellow River comes from the reaches above Lanzhou.
Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southwest of Gansu Province. It is an important water source conservation area and supply area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and Yangtze River, and an important national ecological security barrier. It is known as the "Kidney of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" and the "Chinese Water Tower".
Yang Zhenlin said that at present, Gannan Prefecture has fully launched the construction of Zoige-Yellow River First Curve National Park (Gannan region) and Meiren and Awancang National Grassland Natural Parks, and accelerated the establishment of a natural protection area system with national parks as the main body; insisting on protecting mountains and water , expand forests, adjust farmland, control lakes, plant grass, and fix sand, vigorously implement key ecological projects such as natural forest protection, returning farmland to forests, returning grazing land to grassland, and water and soil conservation, promote land greening according to local conditions, and comprehensively improve the "three rivers and one river" in Gannan "Basin water conservation capacity.
Yang Zhenlin suggested that the ecological protection and compensation mechanism for forests and grasslands in the Gansu section of the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins should be improved, and that the upstream and downstream regions along the Yellow River should each perform their own duties. He hoped that the country would provide more support to the upstream provinces and regions responsible for implementing ecological protection, and ensure that the upstream areas continue to move forward. The downstream areas transport more ecological products; the benefited downstream areas will also provide "compensation" to the upstream areas for environmental protection in the river basin, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all aspects of protecting and improving the ecological environment along the Yellow River, and jointly promote the ecological protection and development of the Yellow River Basin High-quality development.
The picture shows the clouds and mist shrouding the Qilian Mountains in Sunan County, Gansu Province like a scroll after rain in summer.
(File photo) Photo by Yang Yanmin
The Qilian Mountains, which stretch thousands of miles, are both high mountain water towers and desert barriers.
At present, the results of ecological governance in the Qilian Mountains continue to be consolidated, and the quality of the regional ecological environment is steadily improving; the Qilian Mountains have restored their former beauty and have become a "new home" for wild animals and plants.
"The Qilian Mountains are an important ecological security barrier in western my country, an important water source in the Yellow River Basin, and the mother mountain on which people of all ethnic groups in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains have relied for survival for generations. As a child of the mountains, it is important for me to pay attention to and protect the ecology. It is an unshirkable responsibility." He Yingchun, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice principal of the No. 1 Middle School of Sunan Yugu Autonomous County, Gansu Province, has focused on balancing ecological protection in the Qilian Mountains and the interests of herders for many years.
He Yingchun suggested increasing support for industrial transformation, upgrading and development.
Study and introduce policies to support the development of green ecological industries in the Qilian Mountains, give full play to the role of green tourism in enriching and benefiting the people, and encourage and support farmers and herdsmen to develop characteristic B&Bs, agricultural and animal husbandry entertainment, ethnic minority hotels, etc. through various forms such as investment and shareholding, cooperative operations, and labor transfer. Cultural and performing arts and other business projects to promote the development of the tertiary industry.
He Yingchun also proposed to encourage indigenous farmers and herdsmen to participate in and integrate into the construction of Qilian Mountain National Park nearby, pay labor fees, improve performance evaluation, incentive and restraint mechanisms, participate in daily patrols of forests, grasslands, rivers and water sources, and engage in environmental sanitation and garbage collection. Clearance and other public services.
Maintain the contracted management rights of grasslands in Qilian Mountain National Park, vigorously develop ecological animal husbandry, and focus on franchising areas such as ecological experience, recreational services, and environmental education to local farmers and herdsmen.
In recent years, Gansu's ecological environment has undergone significant changes. The concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Support for green development has been continuously strengthened. The process of ecological civilization construction has been accelerated. The Qilian Mountains have "turned from chaos to governance and achieved great results." The Yellow River has The coast becomes more and more magnificent, ecological protection and economic development promote each other, and the beautiful picture of Gansu with beautiful mountains and rivers and excellent ecology is slowly unfolding.
Lei Siwei, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy governor of Gansu Province, said that the province must continue to improve and improve the long-term supervision mechanism of the Qilian Mountain ecological environment to achieve monitoring and supervision resource integration, information sharing, coordination, effective supervision, and efficient law enforcement; speed up the progress Integrate the protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, promote the construction of the sixth phase of the "Three North" project with high quality, and fight a protracted battle for land greening and a battle to prevent and control desertification.
Continuously improve the level of biodiversity protection, focusing on giant pandas, golden monkeys, snow leopards, yews, etc., to comprehensively protect rare wild animals and plants in the province; effectively maintain ecological security, improve the ecological security work coordination mechanism, and improve ecological security risk assessment and monitoring Early warning and response capabilities.
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