What problems does the Central Environmental Protection Inspector Group point out in Shanxi's environmental protection work?

On July 30th, the Second Environmental Protection Inspector Group of the Central Committee gave feedback to the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government on the situation of environmental protection inspectors. The inspector pointed out that in recent years, Shanxi's ecological environment protection has made positive progress, but the environmental protection situation is still grim.

From April 28th to May 28th, the Second Central Environmental Protection Inspector Group conducted environmental protection inspections in Shanxi. Inspectors believe that since 20 13 years, Shanxi province has eliminated backward steel production capacity of14.98 million tons and coke of 35.07 million tons, with an average annual afforestation area of more than 4 million mu. In 20 16, the forest coverage rate of the whole province increased by 2.47 percentage points compared with 20 13, and the environmental protection work made positive progress.

Shanxi Province attaches great importance to the work of central environmental protection inspectors, and strictly investigates environmental cases reported by strict people and makes them public. By the end of June, 3,582 reports of environmental problems assigned by the inspector group had been basically settled, 2,485 cases were ordered to be rectified, 856 cases were filed for punishment, and a fine of 7 1.797 million yuan was imposed; 22 cases were put on file for investigation and 6 1 person was detained; 1589 people were interviewed, 107 1 people were held accountable.

The inspector pointed out that the main problems existing in Shanxi's environmental protection work are:

First, the problem of attaching importance to development and neglecting protection is more prominent. Some leading cadres in Shanxi Province have not paid enough attention to ecological environment protection, and the concept of attaching importance to development and neglecting protection has not been effectively reversed. In the face of outstanding environmental problems, some places emphasize more objective factors, less subjective initiative and ignore the environmental demands of the masses. After being urged by their superiors or exposed by the media, they often respond passively.

Second, inaction and slowness are common problems. For example, the Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission filed a violation record for the 500,000-ton electrolytic aluminum project of Shanxi Chinalco China Resources Co., Ltd. on June 20 16 when the capacity replacement plan was not confirmed.

Third, the atmospheric and water environment situation is grim. In 20 16 years, the average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM 10 in Shanxi Province increased by 7. 1% and1.2% respectively. Since the beginning of this year, the quality of the atmospheric environment is still deteriorating. The water quality of Fenhe River has been inferior to Grade V for a long time, and the water quality of Sanggan River basin has obviously deteriorated. Coking, steel and other industries should have completed the transformation of environmental protection bidding before the end of 20 15, but only about13 enterprises actually completed the transformation task on time. Most coking enterprises that have completed the upgrading can't reach the standard stably, and the unorganized emission of dust is serious.

Fourth, the problem of ecological damage is still outstanding. Although Shanxi Province has issued regulations on the protection of water resources in spring areas, the regulations prohibiting the development of key protected areas in spring areas have never been implemented. Long-term over-exploitation of coal resources has caused six karst springs, such as Hongshan Spring and Guo Zhuang Spring, to dry up or their flow to drop sharply. The problem of illegal and illegal development of nature reserves is prominent, and Sangganhe Provincial Nature Reserve has illegally built new projects 12 since 20 13.

The inspector stressed that Shanxi should study and formulate a rectification plan according to the Environmental Protection Inspector Scheme (Trial) and the requirements of the inspector's feedback, and submit it to the State Council within 30 working days. The rectification plan and the implementation of rectification shall be disclosed to the public in a timely manner in accordance with relevant regulations.

Even if there are still problems, we should make timely rectification and make contributions to environmental protection.