Beijing, October 23 (Reporter Feng Yue) According to the "News Horizontal" report of the Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, we often use the phrase "great land and vast things" to describe the natural resource situation of our country, but if we are asked how many "mountains, rivers, forests, and fields" there are and how many energy minerals there are in Our country, I am afraid that few people can clearly explain the specific numbers of each kind of resource.
The 31st session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress deliberated the special report of the State Council on the management of state-owned natural resource assets in 2020 on the 21st, which introduced the basic situation of state-owned natural resource assets, the measures taken to comprehensively strengthen the management of natural resources and the results achieved, and put forward the next step of work considerations. This is the first time that the State Council has handed over a household ledger of natural resources to the people of the whole country. How many of China's state-owned natural resources are there? As the common property of all people, how can we effectively protect natural resources?
The number of state-owned natural resources in our country has become the focus of the committee members' attention. The Ministry of Natural Resources, established in 2018, integrates the functions of multiple departments, unifies statistical standards and system settings, and applies a variety of emerging scientific and technological means in the third national land survey, so that the family background of China's state-owned natural resources is gradually clear.
According to the special report of the State Council on the management of state-owned natural resource assets in 2020, as of the end of 2020, the total area of state-owned land in the country was 523.338 million hectares, of which 17.606 million hectares of state-owned construction land and 19.572 million hectares of state-owned arable land. 173 kinds of mineral resources have been discovered nationwide. The total amount of water resources in the country is 3,160.52 billion cubic meters.
According to the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and China's claims, the sea area under China's jurisdiction is about 3 million square kilometers, and there are more than 20,000 kinds of marine life.
There are 9,200 nature reserves in the country, which is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Among them, more than 400 kinds of wild animals such as giant pandas and crested ibises are unique to China.
Zhu Mingchun, deputy director of the Budget Work Committee of the NPC Standing Committee, said: "This is the first time that the State Council has reported to the NPC Standing Committee on the management of state-owned natural resources, which reflects the great importance that the State Council attaches to the implementation of the system of reporting the state-owned asset management to the NPC Standing Committee and also reflects the government's responsible attitude towards the management of assets for all the people." ”
State-owned assets are the common precious wealth of all the people. In 2018, the State Council reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the establishment of a system for the management of state-owned assets, allowing this wealth to enter a more scientific and standardized management. Zhu Mingchun said: "It is necessary to strengthen the supervision function of the people's congress over state-owned assets, which is a requirement put forward by the party Central Committee, which requires the State Council to establish a system for reporting the management of state-owned assets to the NPC Standing Committee and local governments at all levels to the NPC Standing Committee at the same level. ”
Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and non-voting participants deliberated on the special report of the State Council on the management of state-owned natural resources assets in 2020 in groups on the afternoon of the 21st.
Daniel Zhang, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said: "The special report on the management of natural resource assets has a lot of information and is very detailed, and in addition to these foundations, it also introduces some basic policy orientations currently adopted for resources in all aspects. ”
Li Rui, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, gave a suggestion: "It is necessary to further improve the legal system for the supervision of state-owned assets, especially to continue to improve the legal system for the management of natural resources, and provide a strong legal guarantee for the people's congress to supervise the management of state-owned assets." ”
Zhu Mingchun said: "The Standing Committee's review of this report will help relevant parties to further understand the problems that still exist in the current work, further solve relevant problems in rectification and reform, promote the improvement of the management system and the protection of state-owned natural resources, and better implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization." ”