On May 15th, Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces and Cities announced the implementation of the central environmental protection inspection reform. As of the end of April, 493 correction tasks for the 7 provincial and municipal inspection and correction programs had been completed. The rest are advancing.
In less than two years, the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate conducted a full-coverage inspection of the environmental problems existing in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, and promoted the implementation of ecological civilization construction targets by various localities and departments, and strengthened environmental protection’ Party governance. With the requirements of 'responsibility' and 'one post with one responsibility', a group of long-standing and difficult-to-solve environmental issues have been resolved, and a group of long-term unplanned tasks have been implemented.
Keep a close eye on the 'key few' and achieve remarkable results
In August 2015, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Environmental Protection Inspector Program (Trial)". The Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate System was derived from the thoughtful considerations of the Central Committee's comprehensive deepening reform leadership team and was marked by high authority and high specifications at the beginning of its launch. Compared with various inspectors in the past, the Central Environmental Protection Inspector is behind the major changes in China's environmental regulatory model: From the environmental protection department to lead the central government, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, the State Council to carry out environmental protection inspections; In December 2015, the Central Environmental Protection Inspector launched a pilot project in Hebei Province. In July and November 2016, April and August 2017, four batches of inspectors were carried out to achieve implementation in 31 provinces (districts, City) full coverage.
'The matter that was difficult to solve for more than 10 years has been solved. It has been resolved in less than three days since reporting to the Inspectorate. ' The Qingchao Community of Pudong New Area, Shanghai has sent a letter of thanks to the Inspectorate Group. The unlicensed restaurant in the community was shut down and the chimney was 3. Demolition, pollution problems that have plagued residents for many years have been eradicated.
According to Liu Changgen, deputy director of the State Environmental Protection Supervision Office, similar to the environmental issues surrounding the masses, the first round of central environmental protection supervision directly promoted the resolution of more than 80,000; at the same time, local borrowing leveraged to promote the resolution of a group of unsolved problems that had been solved for years. Environmental protection 'problem of the eldest', the inclusion of 1532 outstanding environmental problems in the rectification program, was resolved in half.
At the same time, during the first round of inspections, the Inspectorate conducted individual talks with 768 leading cadres at or above the provincial level and 677 leading cadres at the departmental level, and conducted interviews with 689 provincial departments and units. The publicity of accountability has now been completed. A total of 2266 people were accounted for in 16 provinces, of which 298 were at or above the department level. Through the accountability of the inspectors, a group of leading cadres were alerted and environmental protection pressure was effectively transmitted.
Since the inception of inspections, provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have issued or amended more than 240 targeted environmental protection policies and regulations, and institutional standards; 31 provinces have all issued environmental protection responsibility division documents, environmental protection inspection programs, and party and government leadership. Measures for the implementation of investigation of responsibility for damage to the ecological environment of cadres; 26 provinces have carried out or are conducting provincial environmental protection inspections.
"Inspectors have achieved such an effect because they have closely watched the 'minor minority' and mobilized the enthusiasm of the provincial party committee secretary and the top leaders. ' Liu Changgen said that only 20 people inspectors in each locality can drive Thousands of people are involved in environmental protection, and many of them are 'critical few'.
The first round of inspections, while achieving remarkable results, laid a solid foundation for institutionalized advancement of inspection work. 'The Inspectorate organized a basic system for the development of work processes, stationed work procedures and other basic requirements in the supervision practice, researched detailed inspector emplacement, and inspectors’ reports. , Inspector feedback, transfer of transfer, and other seven specific methods of work to form data access, individual talks, visits, submerging inspectors and other basic inspection methods. Formed more than 50 inspectors for inquiries such as visits, investigations and evidence collection. Institutions, templates and paradigms. ' Liu Changgen said.
Solve specific problems and establish long-term mechanisms. Both are indispensable
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently reported that Hunan Province severely investigated the pollution incident of Hongsheng Paper in Yongshun County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. After the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate was established, Hongsheng Paper had no electricity to resume production without rectification. , Illegal sewage problems were prominent. Local government departments turned a blind eye to the company’s unauthorized restoration of production, and even implicitly acquiesced that many responsible persons were held accountable.
'The political responsibility for the construction of ecological civilization must be picked up, and the Central Environmental Protection Inspector should be rectified in the spirit of nailing. For those who have passed and perfunctory in inspectors' rectification, they should be found together and dealt with, and they must not be tolerated. ' The Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible for this. People said.
For the central environmental protection inspector, solving specific problems and establishing a long-term mechanism are both indispensable. Liu Changgen said that the inspectors are not a gust of wind, and the Inspectorate has carried out list-based dispatching. The rectification content is divided into several aspects, and the Inspectorate is then organized to Local reforms were reported and verified. Warnings, reminders, interviews, and stricter measures were supervised.
'The objectives of the first round of inspections are many of the environmental issues of the past many years. They can be regarded as a stress test. The impact of increased environmental protection on the economy is acceptable, and a win-win outcome between environmental protection and the economy is achieved.' The Ministry of Environment and Environment Wu Lanze, director of the Center for Economic Policy Research, said that the second round of inspections will focus on lagging work, poor rectification, deteriorating environmental quality, and weak progress in the 'atmosphere ten', 'water ten', and 'ten ten' areas. , Relying on high-quality economic development.
Liu Changgen stated that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue to promote environmental protection inspections, organize the first round of inspections to 'look back,' and start the second round of inspections starting in 2019, and include related departments and state-owned enterprises in the scope of inspectors. At the same time, it will tackle the fight against pollution. In some key areas, we will carry out a mobile, acupuncture-type special inspection. Based on the summary of the first round of inspections, we will promote the construction of supervision and inspection laws and regulations, incorporate environmental protection inspections into the legal system, and standardize the track. We will continue to research and improve the supervision system and cooperate with related departments to promote supervision. System-building, improve the central and provincial-level two-level environmental protection inspection system, and gradually cultivate a professional team of inspectors in practice.