On the afternoon of March 17, a meeting of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference at the Media Center. Li Ganjie, Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on the issue of 'doing a good fight against pollution.'
Li Ganjie said that after the implementation of the new environmental protection law, the public's participation in environmental protection has been continuously improved.
In 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection received 170,000 reports on the phone, WeChat, and the Internet, which doubled from 2016, which is 3.5 times that of 2014. In the past, there were only tens of thousands, more than 30,000, and 38,000. .
One is that the enthusiasm of the masses has increased dramatically, and the other has indeed had channels.
Basically, all the reports we receive are counted one by one, and we must instruct them to deal with them locally. The key issues in some key cases are all staring at the end.
For example, in the '2+26' urban air pollution prevention and control, all the reports of gas-related pollution since last autumn and winter, the first we are completely open to the public, the second is about 13,000. We are all keeping an eye on it, not solving the problem. We will not let go.
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Li Ganjie: Practice has proved that the most stringent environmental law has indeed grown out of 'teeth'
CCTV News: The Press Center of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference at the Multi-function Hall of the Media Center at 15:00 on March 17th, inviting Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on the issue of 'Doping a good fight against pollution prevention' .
Legal Daily, Legal Network, Legal Client Reporter: My question is about the implementation of the new environmental protection law. The implementation of the new environmental protection law has been going on for three years. At the time of the original law, the introduction of 'daily punishment, transfer detention, public interest litigation', etc. The specific regulations have played a significant role in the actual work. Minister Li is invited to introduce what progress has been made in the environmental protection cause since the implementation of the new environmental protection law. What problems still exist, how to further advance the work in the future, and make new contributions to win the battle against pollution prevention and control. ?Thank you.
Li Ganjie: The new environmental protection law was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in April 2014. It was implemented on January 1, 2015. It has been a little more than three years until now. This is the most stringent environmental law in history. The practice of more than a year proves that it is indeed worthy of the name. It is indeed the most stringent environmental law. It is indeed the growth of 'teeth'. The implementation effect is still very good. We started from the year before, 2016, 2017, respectively. Renmin University of China, China University of Political Science and Law and the Development Research Center of the State Council made a third-party independent assessment of the implementation of the new environmental protection law. The conclusions are basically the same. The strength of the implementation of this law, the degree of compliance, and the impact are all environmental protection. The best in history. The specific aspects of the following are:
First, the law enforcement efforts have been continuously increased. The new environmental protection law has been promulgated. In recent years, there have been many increases in law enforcement and law enforcement regulations, including the 'day-to-day penalty, stop production and production limit, seizure and seizure, and transfer to administrative detention. ' Waiting, also supported our law enforcement work, and supported the strengthening of law enforcement. Compared with 2014, the number of illegal cases investigated and dealt with in the country in 2017 was 233,000, an increase of 180% compared with 2014. The fine last year was 11.58 billion yuan, an increase of 265% compared with 2014. From this figure, we can see that our law enforcement efforts are not as strong as before.
Second, law enforcement means are constantly enriched. On the one hand, our administrative means are more diverse, including supervision of enterprises, supervision, supervision of enterprises, intensive supervision, inspections, supervision including environmental inspection, special supervision, and interviews, limited approval, The notification, the supervision of these means, this is in the administrative means. In the use of judicial means, it is also more smooth. We make full use of criminal justice and other judicial means, law enforcement is more effective, in this process, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme Law The Supreme Inspection gave great support. We transferred the cases of the public security department. There were two types in 2017. One was administrative detention, and the other was suspected of environmental pollution crimes, with more than 8,600 pieces and more than 2,700 pieces, compared with the first class in 2016. Basically it has doubled, increasing by 112.9%, and the second category has increased by 35%. In addition, in 2017, it also supported relevant public welfare organizations and filed five environmental civil public interest litigations. From this form, our means is indeed Constantly rich.
Third, law enforcement methods continue to innovate. In the middle of the law enforcement process, we widely use some technical means, including remote sensing, online monitoring, big data analysis, etc. to support the enforcement activities. In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei '2+26' urban air pollution prevention In the attacking action, we also implemented the hot grid technology support. The so-called hot grid is to divide the area into 3×3 km grids, and set up some monitoring equipment in these grids. Once the pollution in the grid is abnormally high, We immediately sent people to supervise and enforce the law. Therefore, from the way of law enforcement, these new methods that we have widely adopted have also been greatly enhanced.
Fourth, the level of public participation is constantly improving. Public participation is crucial for environmental law enforcement and environmental protection. In recent years, the progress has been great. In 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection received reports on the phone, WeChat, and the Internet. There are 170,000 pieces, which is doubled compared with last year, which is 3.5 times that of 2014. In the past, there were only tens of thousands, 30,000 pieces, 38,000 pieces, and 170,000 pieces last year. This shows the public participation, one is enthusiasm. Improve, the other one does have a channel. Basically, the reports we receive are all counted one by one, and we must instruct them to deal with them locally. Some key cases are focused on the bottom. For example, '2+26' city In the prevention and control of air pollution, all the reports of gas-related activities since last autumn and winter, the first we are completely open to the public, the second is about 13,000, we are all keeping a close eye on it, we will not let go without solving the problem.
Fifth, the effectiveness of law enforcement is constantly emerging. More will not be said, everyone can see from the improvement of environmental quality, and can also show some effects of corporate law-abiding. In this sense, the new environmental protection law The implementation of the short three years is indeed very effective. I believe that it will exert more effects in the future. Of course, we also see that there are also some problems in it, reflecting that some companies’ awareness of law-abiding is not strong enough. The problem still exists, even in some places. In addition, from the government's point of view, some of the responsibilities are not fully implemented.
In retrospect, as long as our enterprises are law-abiding, they are all discharged, and the promises of our local governments and the plans are all in place. Then our environmental quality today should be better than the current situation. In this sense, our future space is still very large, and there are still many things to be done in the future. In the future, we will further implement the new environmental protection law in accordance with the requirements of strict law enforcement, law enforcement, precise law enforcement and civilized law enforcement. In the past five years, the laws and regulations on environmental protection have been greatly revised. We have many laws, such as the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law, the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, and the Environmental Assessment Law, which have been revised. The pollution prevention and control law is being formulated, and new laws have been introduced, such as the environmental protection tax law and the nuclear safety law. These new laws have been revised and formulated, which fully reflect the new ideas of the general secretary and the new requirements of the central government. Combining the characteristics of the new era. So we have to implement these laws and make the law a strong support for environmental quality improvement. Thank you!
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Li Ganjie: The Ministry of Ecology and Environment will realize 'five open'
CCTV News: The Press Center of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference at the Multi-function Hall of the Media Center at 15:00 on March 17th, inviting Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on the issue of 'Doping a good fight against pollution prevention' .
China Daily reporter: I would like to ask a question that everyone is more concerned about. That is, this morning, the 13th National People's Congress voted to pass the institutional reform plan of the State Council. One of the changes that everyone is very concerned about is the establishment of an ecological environment. Ministry, may I ask the Minister, what is the difference between the newly established departmental functions and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and what role will it play in the future? Thank you.
Li Ganjie: Thank you for your question. It is very necessary and important to deepen the reform of the party and state institutions. It is an inevitable requirement for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, an inevitable requirement for strengthening the party's long-term governance capability, and a perfection and development of the socialist system. The inevitable requirement is also an inevitable requirement for us to achieve the goal of two hundred years of struggle, to build a socialist modernization power, and to realize the Chinese nation's great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.
You just mentioned that this morning the National People’s Congress deliberated and approved the State Council’s institutional reform plan, which clearly integrates all the responsibilities of the Ministry of Environmental Protection with the responsibilities of the other six departments, and establishes a new Ministry of Ecology and Environment to unify the ecological and Responsibilities of various types of pollution discharge supervision and administrative law enforcement in urban and rural areas. I personally understand that this reform is a major measure for the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to achieve the overall goal of deepening reform, and is a concrete action reflecting the development of the people-centered development. It is a profound change and great progress in advancing the field of ecological environment, the field of ecological civilization construction, the modernization of governance system and the modernization of governance capacity. I believe that it has very important practical significance and historical milestones. I realize that this reform is fully It is in full accordance with Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, especially the important strategic thinking of the General Secretary of ecological civilization construction.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Secretary has made many important instructions, instructions, and speeches on ecological environmental protection and ecological civilization construction. It has formed an important strategic thinking of the General Secretary of ecological civilization construction. We learn to understand the important strategic thinking of the General Secretary of ecological civilization construction. There are several views that are very important. They have very strong guiding and pertinent work for our work: First, the ecological prosperity is civilized, and the ecological decay is the deep historical view of civilization. Second, man and nature are the community of life. The scientific view of nature. Third, the green hills are the green development concept of Jinshan Yinshan. Fourth, the good ecological environment is the basic view of the people's livelihood and the basic people's livelihood. The fifth is to coordinate the overall system view of the management of landscape and forestry lakes and grasses. Sixth is the strict rule of law that implements the most stringent ecological environmental protection system. Seventh is ecological environmental protection. Eco-environmental governance requires a national action concept that the whole society can act together. Eighth is to actively participate in global governance and build a win-win world. Global view.
I realize that this reform fully reflects the general secretary's thoughts, especially the overall system view, that is, to coordinate the management of the landscape forest and lake grass system. This year's 'two sessions', the general secretary participated in the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation on March 5th. At the time, I emphasized this again. The general secretary said that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of ecological environment protection and coordinate the management of landscapes and lakes. In the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee five years ago, the decision to deepen reform was reviewed and approved. In particular, the reform of the ecological civilization system must conform to the ecological systemicity, that is, the concept that human beings and nature are a living community. The lifeblood of human beings is in the field, the lifeblood of the field is in the water, the lifeblood of the water is in the mountains, the lifeblood of the mountains is in the soil, The lifeblood of the earth is in the tree. If the tree planting only manages the trees, the water control only controls the water, and the protection of the field only protects the field, it is easy to take care of this, and the ecology will inevitably suffer systematic damage. At this meeting, the general secretary also Emphasizing another point in the explanation, I also think it is very important that the owner and manager should be separated, and the owner and manager should be independent, cooperate and supervise each other. This time the change I feel very good implementation of the requirements of the general secretary.
For a long time, in the field of ecological environment protection in our country, there are two outstanding problems in the system and mechanism. The first is the overlapping of duties, stacking bed houses, Jiulong water control, multi-head management, and the responsibility for the accident is not clear. The second is The regulators and the owners are not well separated. They are both athletes and referees. Some referees are independent. His authority and effectiveness are not very strong. This time, I think the reform plan is well solved. These two issues. From the perspective of the owner, it has been completely opened up. The landscape of Lintian Lake is unified. Everyone pays attention to the establishment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, from the perspective of the regulator, unite it. I sum up, there are ' Five open's unified the original scattered pollution prevention and ecological protection responsibilities: the first is to open up the ground and underground, the second is to open up the shore and the water, the third is to open up the land and the sea, the fourth is to open up In urban and rural areas, the fifth is to open up carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which is to unify air pollution prevention and climate change response. So, in this sense, the new ecological ring
In the next step, we must conscientiously implement this reform plan in accordance with the central government's deployment and requirements. After the reform, we will lay a good fight against pollution prevention and strengthen the ecological environment protection and create better conditions. We have the responsibility, the obligation, and the Have confidence and reason to do better work in the future. In the process of reform, we must ensure that our minds are not chaotic, the team is not scattered, the work is constant, and the motivation is not diminished. Not only that, but we must further Our cohesiveness, centripetal force, combat effectiveness, and implementation will be further enhanced, and our work, ability, and style will be further enhanced, so that our ecological and environmental protection work can be done better, and we will fight for the future. Thank you!
