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生态环境部新闻发言人刘友宾

　　Liu Youbin: Friends of the press: Good morning! Welcome to the regular press conference of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in February.

The theme of today's press conference is to firmly promote the battle for the protection of clean water. We invite Mr. Huang Xiaojun, Director of the Department of Water Ecological Environment, to introduce the progress of water ecological environment protection in China and answer your concerns.

Next, I would like to brief you on several key tasks of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in the near future.

1、 Arrange and deploy the key work of ecological environment protection in 2023

From February 16 to 17, the 2023 National Ecological Environment Protection Work Conference was held in Beijing to summarize the ecological environment protection work in 2022, analyze the current situation, and arrange and deploy the key tasks in 2023.

At the same time, the task of ecological environment protection is still arduous. From the perspective of economic development, climate conditions, work basis and international situation, the ecological environment protection work will face greater pressure in the coming years.

The ecological environment system will comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, maintain the strategic focus on strengthening ecological environment protection, earnestly strengthen the concept of the system, unswervingly implement the policy of precise, scientific and legal pollution control, and more consciously consider ecological environment protection in the overall situation of promoting Chinese path to modernization and comprehensively building a modern socialist country, We should be more conscientious in the great practice of building a harmonious and symbiotic modernization between man and nature, and provide a strong guarantee for a good start in building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

This year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will focus on seven key tasks: first, actively promote the practice of building a beautiful China and focus on regional major strategies to build a leading area of beautiful China; Second, we will solidly promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development, fully support the overall improvement of the service economy, and actively promote collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction; The third is to solidly promote the defense of blue sky, blue water and clean land, and strengthen the treatment of solid waste and new pollutants; Fourth, we should earnestly maintain the safety of the ecological environment and strengthen the investigation of environmental hazards and risk prevention and control in key areas; The fifth is to strictly supervise nuclear and radiation safety, and continuously improve the nuclear safety supervision system and capability; Sixth, promote the supervision and law enforcement of ecological environment protection according to law, and improve the efficiency of ecological environment supervision and law enforcement; Seventh, accelerate the improvement of the modern environmental governance system, continue to promote the revision of laws and regulations in key areas, and promote the research and introduction of green finance, trade and industrial development policies.

2、 The second round of the rectification plan of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision was fully publicized

With the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, from 2019 to 2022, the second round of central ecological environmental protection supervision will complete the supervision of 31 provinces (regions, cities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 2 departments of the State Council and 6 central enterprises in six batches.

Supervision and rectification is an important part of ecological environmental protection supervision and an important sign of inspection of the effectiveness of supervision work. According to the relevant requirements of the rectification work of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision, the subject of the supervision made public the rectification plan in a timely manner through provincial party newspapers, television stations, government websites, new government media and other means. On February 9, 2023, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia and Tibet announced the rectification plan. So far, the second round of the rectification plan of the central ecological and environmental protection supervision has all been made public.

The second round of the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision and Rectification Plan identified 2164 rectification tasks. By the end of 2022, 1275 items had been completed, with a completion rate of nearly 60%, and the remaining rectification tasks were being actively and orderly promoted.

In addition, in order to further play the role of propaganda and guidance, encouraging the advanced, exchanging work, leading and driving, we should promote the "second half of the article" of the supervision. The Central Office of Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision has selected important reports from the central media and positive typical cases of local supervision and rectification, compiled and formed the book "Supervision Effectiveness", which has been published recently.

3、 Printing and issuing the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" for Noise Pollution Prevention and Control

In order to promote the implementation of the newly implemented Law on the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution, the main functional departments of the prevention and control of noise pollution jointly prepared the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" for the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution, which was officially issued in January this year.

As a guiding document for the prevention and control of noise pollution during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the Action Plan further consolidated the work foundation, strengthened the key control measures, refined the requirements of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution, and improved the concept of social co-governance, striving to gradually meet the growing needs of the people for a harmonious and peaceful environment.

The Action Plan systematically plans the main noise pollution prevention and control work to be carried out by all departments during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, with a total of 10 chapters and 50 articles, and constructs a "1+5+4" framework system. "1" is to achieve a goal, that is, to continuously improve the quality of the national acoustic environment. By 2025, the nighttime compliance rate of the national acoustic environment functional areas will reach 85%.

"5" is to deepen the five types of control, namely: strict noise source management, deepen the prevention and control of noise pollution in industrial enterprises, strengthen the prevention and control of construction noise pollution, increase the prevention and control of traffic noise pollution, and promote the prevention and control of noise pollution in social life.

"4" is to strengthen four aspects, namely: consolidating the foundation of acoustic environment management, improving regulations and standards, strengthening support for science and technology education, strengthening monitoring, strict law enforcement, grasping the implementation of responsibilities, and guiding the common governance of the whole people.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment will work with all relevant departments to formulate and revise relevant supporting regulations and standards, guide all localities to clarify the division of responsibilities according to law, implement the responsibility of noise pollution prevention and control level by level, steadily improve the level of noise control, continuously improve the quality of the acoustic environment, and promote the formation of a peaceful and harmonious civilization and social atmosphere.

4、 Optimize the way of law enforcement and improve the efficiency of law enforcement

In 2022, the ecological and environmental departments will thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, formulate a package of work measures, and constantly highlight the strength and temperature of ecological and environmental protection law enforcement.

First, we should always maintain a strict main tone and resolutely maintain the seriousness of ecological environment law enforcement. A total of 91000 administrative penalty decisions were issued throughout the year, with a cumulative fine of 7.672 billion yuan; There were 9850 cases in five categories, including 143 cases of continuous punishment on a daily basis, 155 million yuan of fines, 4836 cases of seizure and detention, 629 cases of production restriction and suspension, 2815 cases of detention and 1427 cases of suspected environmental pollution crimes. Expose typical cases of environmental violations and crimes with serious environmental pollution, damage to people's health and adverse impact, and strengthen the role of vigilance and deterrence.

The second is to continuously optimize the law enforcement methods and continuously improve the efficiency of ecological environment law enforcement. The positive list system of supervision and law enforcement was effectively implemented, and 44900 enterprises were included in the positive list in all localities to play a positive role in encouraging law-abiding enterprises. Strengthen the supervision of "double random and one open", and randomly inspect 509900 enterprises, a decrease of 16.1% compared with 2021, effectively reducing the frequency of supervision. At the same time, we will continue to promote inclusive and prudent law enforcement and supervision, and help enterprises find solutions and ways to solve problems through measures such as criticism and education, signing letters of commitment, and assistance and guidance, and promote enterprises to carry out production and operation activities in accordance with the law.

5、 Carry out the promotion and selection activities of "Beautiful China, I am an actor" in 2023

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Central Civilization Office recently jointly issued the "Notice on the Promotion and Selection of Advanced Models of the 2023" Action Plan of 'Beautiful China, I am an actor' to Improve Citizens' Awareness of Ecological Civilization ", and deployed the selection of 100 most beautiful ecological and environmental protection volunteers, 10 best public participation cases, and 10 best environmental protection facilities opening units.

The selection results will be announced to the public during the environmental date of the 6th Five-Year Plan in 2023. Representatives of the 100 most beautiful ecological and environmental protection volunteers, representatives of the top 10 public participation cases and representatives of the top 10 environmental protection facilities opening units will be invited to participate in the national home event of the 6th Five-Year Environment Day in 2023.

Since 2018, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Central Civilization Office and other departments, has carried out nationwide practice activities on the theme of "Beautiful China, I am an actor", and publicized and promoted the advanced figures and typical deeds emerging from the activities, providing model demonstration and value guidance for all sectors of society to participate in the construction of ecological civilization, and promoting all sectors of society to jointly build a beautiful China.

Next, let's welcome Director Huang Xiaogui to introduce the situation.

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　Huang Xiaozi: Good morning, friends of the press! For a long time, you have been very concerned about, supported and actively participated in the water ecological environment protection work, and made valuable contributions to the national water ecological environment protection cause. I take this opportunity to express my high respect and heartfelt thanks to you! Next, I will brief you on the overall situation of water ecological environment protection in China, and then answer your concerns.

2022 is an extremely important year in the history of the Party and the country. The successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China depicts the grand blueprint for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

The first is to fight the battle of protecting the clear water. Print and issue the action plan to fight the battle for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River and the action plan for the battle for the ecological protection and governance of the Yellow River, and promote the introduction of the Yellow River Protection Law. Actively promote the pilot of water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River basin, formulate a pilot work plan (2022-2024), and carry out pilot monitoring of water ecological assessment. We will fully support and cooperate with the Central Committee of all democratic parties and non-party personages to carry out the democratic supervision of the ecological environment protection of the Yangtze River. Printing and implementing the action plan for the regulation of sewage outlets in the Yangtze River, more than 90% of the tasks of tracing the source of sewage outlets in the Yangtze River and Bohai Sea have been completed, and more than 20000 sewage direct and random discharge problems have been solved. We have completed the investigation of sewage outlets in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and 30 cities in 6 provinces and Fenhe River basin. We will implement water pollution control in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and industrial parks in provinces and regions along the Yellow River, and consolidate and deepen the prevention and control of water pollution in industries and cities. Jointly printed and issued the implementation plan for in-depth fight against urban black and odorous water, issued the action plan for environmental protection of black and odorous water treatment, consolidated the results of black and odorous water treatment in prefecture-level and above cities, and promoted the treatment of black and odorous water in county-level cities and counties. We have strengthened the protection of drinking water source areas. A total of 19600 town-level centralized drinking water source protection areas have been designated nationwide, and 10363 problems in 2804 water source areas have been rectified, effectively improving the level of drinking water security. Continue to take the lead in the production of the ecological environment warning film of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the ecological environment warning film of the Yellow River Basin in 2022, and assign a total of 234 local outstanding ecological and environmental issues.

Second, improve the water ecological environment governance system. We will implement the plan to deepen the reform of the Party and state institutions, revise and improve the working rules of the Watershed and Marine Ecological Environment Supervision and Administration, and improve the regulatory efficiency. Establish and improve the regulatory system of fixed pollution sources with the emission permit system as the core, issue guidance on strengthening the enforcement and supervision of emission permit, and bring more than 3.44 million fixed pollution sources into the scope of emission permit management. To promote the reform of the management of sewage outlets, the General Office of the State Council issued the implementation opinions on strengthening the supervision and management of sewage outlets into rivers and seas, and comprehensively carried out the inspection, monitoring, tracing and remediation of sewage outlets. Issued the reference indicators for the protection and construction of beautiful rivers and lakes and beautiful bays, and released the first batch of 26 excellent cases of beautiful rivers and lakes and beautiful bays. We will earnestly do a good job in epidemic prevention and control of water ecological and environmental protection, promote the establishment of a joint prevention and control mechanism for sudden water pollution events in the upstream and downstream of cross-province basins, and firmly hold the bottom line of water ecological and environmental security.

In 2022, the discharge of major water pollutants in the country will continue to decline, and the goal of improving the quality of water ecological environment will be successfully completed. The proportion of national surface water sections with excellent water quality was 87.9%, up 3.0 percentage points year on year; The proportion of sections with inferior Class V water quality was 0.7%, down 0.5 percentage points year on year; The main stream of the Yangtze River has reached Class II water quality for three consecutive years, and the main stream of the Yellow River has reached Class II water quality for the first time. The total emission of chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen decreased by 2.1% and 6.8% respectively year on year.

Although the protection of water ecological environment has achieved remarkable results, it still faces many bottlenecks and challenges, and there are still many outstanding problems and shortcomings to be solved. For example, it is difficult to fundamentally eliminate black and odorous water bodies, the ability of water ecological environment governance needs to be improved, some local sewage interception and treatment are not in place, and the problems of blue-green algae bloom and water ecological imbalance still exist.

2023 is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and an important year to thoroughly fight the battle against pollution and promote the construction of a beautiful China. According to the principle of pollution control according to law, we will make overall plans for water resources, water environment, and water ecological management, continue to fight for the protection of clean water, promote the implementation of water ecological environment protection plans for key river basins, promote the ecological protection and management of important rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, constantly improve the modern environmental management system, steadily improve the quality of water ecological environment, and support high-quality development with high-quality ecological environment.

Thank you.

Liu Youbin: Next, please ask questions.

　　China Youth Daily: In September last year, 17 departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued an action plan to thoroughly fight the battle for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River. How is the current progress? Are there any difficulties or problems in the process? How is it solved? thank you.

Huang Xiaozi: I'm glad to answer your question.

In order to thoroughly implement the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee on the "Great Protection of the Yangtze River", last September, 17 departments and units including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued and implemented the Action Plan for Deepening the Protection and Restoration of the Yangtze River. This action plan is very important. It defines four key tasks and six important safeguard measures for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, with a total of 34 specific tasks. This is the work guide for all regions and departments to promote the implementation of the Yangtze River protection in the future. After the release of the Action Plan, all regions and departments have conscientiously implemented it, formulated specific implementation plans for their own regions, and made clear arrangements and arrangements for various tasks. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, as the leading department, carried out policy interpretation in a timely manner. After the release of the Action Plan last September, we held a media briefing. Carefully organize and formulate the work plan, strengthen coordination and scheduling, and promote the implementation and effectiveness of all tasks in the Action Plan. The ecological and environmental protection of the Yangtze River has achieved new and obvious results. Here are a group of specific data. More than 90% of the task of tracing the source of sewage outlets into the Yangtze River has been completed, and more than 20000 problems of direct and random discharge of sewage have been solved, which has been unanimously praised by the local people. We have implemented the special action of water pollution remediation in the industrial park of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, focusing on the key areas to carry out the "three phosphorus" special remediation and "look back" to promote the rectification and thorough solution of historical problems. Deeply carry out the treatment of tailings ponds in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Looking back, 843 of the 1137 tailings ponds with environmental problems have been rectified, and we will focus on local rectification for the rest. We will promote the pilot work of water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River basin and carry out pilot monitoring of water ecological assessment. Continue to take the lead in shooting and producing the ecological environment warning film of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in 2022, and promote the rectification of prominent problems. From 2018 to 2021, the Yangtze River ecological environment warning film disclosed a total of 623 outstanding problems, and 571 have been rectified.

Through the joint efforts of all regions and departments, the proportion of good water quality sections in the Yangtze River basin will be 98.1% in 2022, up 1 percentage point year on year. Since 2020, the water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River has remained Class II for three consecutive years, and the water ecological environment quality has been steadily improving. As the reporter friend asked, although positive progress has been made, there are still some problems in the implementation of the Action Plan. For example, the coordination mechanism of some local departments is not sound enough to form a working force; In some places, the awareness of water ecosystem protection and restoration is not strong, the level of understanding is not high, and the measures are not precise and powerful enough; The problem of cyanobacteria bloom in some key lakes still exists, the imbalance of water ecosystem is more prominent, and urban and rural non-point source pollution has not been effectively treated.

In the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will work with relevant departments and regions to thoroughly implement the Yangtze River Protection Law, take accurate, scientific and legal pollution control as the working principle, fully implement the requirements of the 2023 National Ecological Environment Protection Working Conference, and further promote the implementation of the Action Plan to take effect. Organize and carry out follow-up evaluation of the implementation effectiveness of the Action Plan, timely report relevant progress, and compact local main responsibilities. We will continue to promote the pilot project of water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River basin, and guide all localities to continuously strengthen ecological protection and restoration.

Exploring the establishment of a water ecological assessment mechanism in the Yangtze River basin is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, an important measure to thoroughly fight the battle for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, an important measure to accelerate the filling of the gaps in China's water ecological environment protection, promote the establishment of a new pattern of "three water coordinated" system governance, and strengthen the specific practice of water ecosystem protection and biodiversity restoration in the Yangtze River basin.

Since 2021, we have focused on the prominent problems of the water ecological environment in different regions of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and established an indicator system with "water ecosystem health" as the core and "water habitat protection", "water environment protection" and "water resources security" as the support. This is a positive exploration and innovation, and it can be monitored, evaluated and assessed at the operational level. Last year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment organized and carried out the water ecological monitoring of the whole Yangtze River basin, completed the monitoring of 50 water bodies such as the main stream and main tributaries of the Yangtze River, key lakes and reservoirs, aquatic vegetation, water conservation areas, natural shorelines and other indicators, and initially established the water ecological monitoring technology system and quality control system.

At the same time, together with the relevant departments, we have studied and formulated the scoring rules for the assessment indicators of water ecology in the Yangtze River basin (for trial implementation), which will be further improved and issued in the near future. During the pilot period from 2022 to 2024, based on the annual water ecological monitoring data, we carried out the evaluation, assessment and trial calculation work, and constantly revised and improved the scoring rules in combination with the actual evaluation results, to ensure that the assessment results can truly reflect the protection and restoration effects of various places, and keep consistent with the objective feelings of the people, and lay a solid foundation for the formal water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River basin in 2025. thank you.