On February 2, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment held the 2024 Provincial Ecological and Environmental Protection Work Conference. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the meeting fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the work requirements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, summarized the ecological and environmental protection work in 2023, analyzed the current situation, and arranged and deployed key tasks in 2024. Li Zhe, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Department, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, and Wang Ying, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Department, presided over the meeting.
The meeting pointed out that 2023 is the first year to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also an important milestone in the field of ecology and environment. The CPC Central Committee convened the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection again after five years, providing a program of action and scientific guidance for us to continue to promote the construction of ecological civilization in the new era and new journey. Under the strong leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the ecological environment system of the province unswervingly uses Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, to guide the way, unswervingly uses the spirit of the National and Provincial Ecological and Environmental Protection Conference to unite the will, unremittingly deepens the party's innovative theoretical arming, condenses the soul in deep study and practice, gathers strength, innovates and develops and promotes work in solving problems; Defend the Pure Land; unremittingly strengthen the protection of major strategic ecological protection, comprehensively strengthen the ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin, and resolutely ensure the safety of the water source of the South-to-North Water Diversion; unremittingly play the role of the sword and heavy weapon of supervision and law enforcement, solidly promote the rectification of the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors, and continue to strengthen the supervision and law enforcement of environmental problems around the masses; unremittingly promote the implementation of green and low-carbon transformation, promote collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, deepen the cultivation and expansion of the energy conservation and environmental protection equipment industry chain, and solidly carry out the "10,000 people to help 10,000 enterprises" We will make unremitting efforts to build a solid foundation for ecological safety, strengthen the supervision of the "Green Shield" nature reserve, continue to carry out hazardous waste investigation and remediation, strengthen the environmental supervision of tailings ponds, continuously strengthen the construction of radiation safety informatization, and continue to improve the diversity, stability and stability of the ecosystem. Sustainability: unremittingly improve environmental governance capabilities, deepen the construction of environmental laws and standards, improve environmental system and mechanism guarantees, improve monitoring and monitoring capacity support, increase ecological environment publicity, and continue to promote the modernization of environmental governance capabilities and governance systems; unremittingly forge an environmental protection iron army, carry out theme education, continue to strengthen team building, and further promote the construction of party style and clean government. Through the unremitting efforts of the whole province, the overall improvement of the province's ecological and environmental protection work has been realized, and the quality of the ecological environment has stabilized and improved, with the concentration of PM10 in the province falling by 6.6% year-on-year, the concentration of PM2.5 in the province decreasing by 5.0% year-on-year, and the number of good days increasing by 5.9 days year-on-year, ranking among the top in the country, and the water quality of the 160 national examination sections in the province accounting for 83% It is 8 percentage points better than the national target, the water quality of the main stream of the Yellow River is maintained in Class II., the water quality of the Taocha water intake and the main trunk canal of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is stable and above Class II, the environmental quality of soil and groundwater is generally stable, and the treatment rate of rural domestic sewage ranks among the top in the central and western provinces, and the total emission reduction of major pollutants exceeds the national target.
The meeting believed that at present, the province's ecological and environmental protection work has embarked on a new journey of the practice of building a beautiful China in Henan. In the face of the new situation and new tasks, the ecological environment system of the province must always remain sober, fully realize that the tasks of the construction of a beautiful China in Henan have been clear, and must shoulder the responsibility and make every effort to promote it; the situation of ecological and environmental protection is still severe and complicated, and we must face the difficulties and catch up; the requirements for overall development and protection are getting higher and higher, and we must make efficient overall planning and coordinated efforts.
The meeting pointed out that 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and a key year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The overall requirements of the province's ecological and environmental protection work are: guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, thoroughly implement the spirit of the National and Provincial Ecological and Environmental Protection Conference, and in accordance with the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Economic Work Conference and the Provincial "Two Sessions", anchor the "Two Guarantees" and implement the "Ten Strategies", and work together to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth. Guided by the practice of building a beautiful China in Henan, and with the promotion of the stability and improvement of the quality of the ecological environment as the core, we will give more prominence to accurate, scientific and law-based pollution control, grasp the first, set benchmarks, strengthen the ecology, improve quality, support high-quality development with high-level protection, and strive to build a beautiful Henan where man and nature coexist in harmony.
The meeting emphasized that in 2024, it is necessary to focus on the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and 2027, and implement the "Three-year Action Plan for Promoting the Stability and Improvement of Ecological Environment Quality (2023-2025)" The air quality of various regions in the country has moved forward in the ranking of 168 key cities in the country, Xinyang City has taken the lead in achieving the second-level standard, the number of county-level second-level standards has continued to increase, the green and low-carbon development has been further promoted, the total amount of major pollutant emissions has continued to decrease, the quality of the ecological environment has been stable and improving, the ecosystem service function has been continuously enhanced, the safety and effective guarantee of the ecological field has been guaranteed, the ecological environment governance system has been more sound, and the practice of building a beautiful China in Henan has begun to show results. It is necessary to focus on the implementation of the beautiful Henan demonstration and creation project, the green and low-carbon transformation project, the air pollution prevention and control project, the water environment improvement project, the soil pollution prevention and control and rural environmental governance project, the "clean water into the Yellow River" project, the south-to-north water diversion water quality assurance project, the natural ecological environment protection project, the ecological environment risk prevention project, and the environmental governance capacity improvement project, adhere to the key work of engineering implementation, project promotion, and list management, and strive to achieve stable and good ecological environment quality.
The meeting demanded that one point of deployment and nine points of implementation. The ecological environment system of the province should adhere to deep study and practice, enhance confidence and determination, insist on keeping in mind the responsibilities and missions, have the courage to take responsibility, insist on carrying forward the spirit of struggle, actively overcome difficulties, insist on improving ability and ability, promote good work, insist on strengthening the construction of work style, work hard, and always maintain the attitude of loyally performing duties and fulfilling the mission, always maintain the attitude of anchoring the goal and sprinting hard, always maintain the attitude of daring to win and winning the decisive battle, always maintain the attitude of perseverance and perseverance, and always maintain the attitude of breaking through the situation. With the attitude of striving for the first, we will hand over a qualified answer sheet that lives up to the times and does not disgrace the mission.
At the meeting, the Ecological Environment Bureau of Zhengzhou City, Hebi City, Luohe City, Jiyuan Demonstration Zone, Yexian Branch of Pingdingshan Ecological Environment Bureau, and Huaiyang Branch of Zhoukou Ecological Environment Bureau made exchange speeches.
The meeting was held via video. In the Zheng Hall, the main responsible comrades of the party and government of the Provincial Ecological Environment Monitoring and Safety Center, the inspectors, the second-level inspectors, all the cadres of the discipline inspection and supervision team in the department, the departments and offices of the organs, and the regional supervision office, the members of the Provincial Ecological and Environmental Law Enforcement and Supervision Bureau, the members of the technical center, the members of the monitoring and safety center team, and the main responsible comrades of the subordinate departments;
Transferred from: Henan Environment
Editor: Jin Yang Review: Ren Yan