How to take the road of ecological priority and green development, Wuqi County will do this next

On the morning of November 12, the Propaganda Department of the Yan'an Municipal Party Committee and the Information Office of the Yan'an Municipal Government organized a series of press conferences on "Implementing the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech on Visiting Shaanxi and Striving to Write a New Chapter in Yan'an's High-Quality Development", inviting Zhang Hongjiang, deputy secretary of the Wuqi County CPC Committee and county magistrate, Zhang Dongfeng, deputy secretary of the Wuqi County CPC Committee, and Cao Yongfeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Wuqi County CPC Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the Wuqi County CPC Committee, to attend the press conference and introduce the relevant situation around "Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Long March and Building the "Six Wuqi" and Writing a New Chapter of High-quality Development". And answer questions that reporters are concerned about.

In recent years, Wuqi County has conscientiously implemented the decision-making deployment and work requirements of the Party Central Committee, provinces and municipalities, adhered to the general tone of seeking progress in stability, completely and accurately implemented the new development concept, closely followed the theme of high-quality development, emancipated the mind, pioneered and innovated, and forged ahead, and the county's economy and society advanced rapidly in the direction of high-quality development.

It is understood that in 2020, Wuqi County will complete the regional GDP of 15.01 billion yuan, the local fiscal revenue of 1.96 billion yuan, and the per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents will be 38165 yuan and 13045 yuan respectively. Its comprehensive strength ranks 69th among the top 100 counties in the western region, and the 3rd among the top ten counties in the province for practicing the new development concept of economic and social development, and it is selected as "2020 Outstanding Counties and Cities in the Typical Cases of Comprehensively Building a Well-off Society in Western China".

As a national demonstration county for returning farmland to forests, How to take the road of ecological priority and green development and promote the continuous improvement of the quality of the ecological environment, Zhang Hongjiang made a detailed introduction at the press conference.

"In recent years, our county has deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, made every effort to promote ecological governance and pollution prevention and control, continuously consolidated the results of returning farmland to forests, the coverage rate of forests and grasses has reached 72.9%, the projects such as rain and sewage diversion and 'coal to gas' have been promoted in an orderly manner, the defense of blue sky, clear water and pure land has achieved initial results, and the quality of the ecological environment has been continuously improved," Zhang Hongjiang said. We should pay close attention to ecological construction and environmental protection, accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and strive to show greater responsibility in promoting the construction of ecological civilization.

In terms of how to implement it specifically, Zhang Hongjiang said that the first is to resolutely build a solid ecological security barrier. Solidly promote key ecological projects such as shelterbelts in the Three Norths, protection of natural forests, restoration of degraded forests, and forest care, and continuously improve the level of comprehensive management of returning farmland to forests. Accurately grasp the relationship between development and protection, strictly abide by the three control lines of ecological protection, permanent basic farmland, and urban development boundaries, and promote more balanced and sustainable economic development and ecological security. Comprehensively implement the "forest chief system", consolidate the target responsibility of party and government leading cadres to promote ecological governance and protection, and make the golden signboard of "the first county in the country to return farmland to forests" more beautiful.

The second is to make every effort to do a good job in pollution prevention and control, pay close attention to the fragile shortcomings of the "water environment", fully implement the "river chief system", accelerate the construction and transformation of sewage treatment facilities, and ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of the water environment. Adhere to the "coal reduction, vehicle control, dust suppression, flame ban, source control" at the same time, strengthen the coordinated control of fine particulate matter and ozone, and further improve the quality of the atmospheric environment.

At the same time, strengthen the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution, promote garbage classification, reduction and recycling, increase the disposal of solid waste and sludge, effectively control the risk of soil pollution, and effectively promote high-quality economic and social development with high-level protection of the ecological environment.

On the other hand, it is necessary to accelerate the promotion of green and low-carbon development, strictly implement the "double carbon" target task, actively promote the synergy of emission reduction and carbon reduction, pollution reduction and carbon reduction, continue to optimize the industrial structure and energy structure, accelerate the development of the new energy industry, and build a green and low-carbon industrial system. Actively explore the value realization mechanism of ecological products, develop and reserve a number of carbon sink projects, build a forestry carbon sink reserve base, vigorously develop the under-forest economy, run a large and strong family forest farm, and promote the transformation of ecological advantages into economic advantages. Actively advocate a simple and moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle, widely carry out green creation, and let the concept of green development and green life be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Huashang Daily reporter Wang Jian