Chongqing: This year, more than 2 million square meters of black and smelly water bodies in rural areas have been eliminated

Recently, the Chongqing City Ecological Environment Bureau held a press conference to report on the recent work progress. As of September 15, 2024, during the two-year clearing operation of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas, Chongqing City has completed the treatment of 929 rural black and odorous water bodies, eliminating approximately 2.2 million square meters of black and odorous areas, exceeding the schedule to complete key livelihood tasks in 2024.

Liu Qin, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Chongqing City Ecological Environment Bureau, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chief of the Chongqing City Ecological Environmental Protection Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Corps, told reporters that Chongqing has achieved remarkable results in promoting the "nine governance" attack. From January to August 2024, the proportion of excellent water quality in 74 nationally controlled sections reached 98.6%, 1.3 percentage points higher than the assessment target. As of September 26, the number of days with good air quality in Chongqing City reached 243, an increase of 2 days year-on-year. PM_2.5The average concentration was 31 micrograms/cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 9.4%. From January to August, 587,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil were repaired, providing a net land area of 1198 acres after restoration. Collaborate to promote waste and plastic treatment. Formulate a "waste-free index" indicator system and build more than 2500 "waste-free city" cells. Since 2024, the new hazardous waste utilization capacity has reached 295,000 tons/year, landfill facilities have 60,000 tons/year, and the cumulative medical waste disposal capacity has reached 77,700 tons/year. As of September 26, 3819 catering companies were randomly selected, 293 catering companies were sampled, and 487 oil and gas recovery devices at gas stations and oil depots were sampled. Implementing a two-year clearing campaign of black and smelly water bodies in rural areas, as of September 15, 929 black and smelly water bodies in rural areas have been treated, eliminating approximately 2.2 million square meters of black and smelly areas, and completing key livelihood tasks in 2024 beyond schedule.

The picture shows the site of the press conference. Map provided by Chongqing City Ecological Environment Bureau

In addition, Chongqing City focuses on promoting green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and is the first in the country to release dynamically updated "three lines and one single" ecological environment zoning management and control results, classifying and designating 818 environmental management and control units. Implement the environmental impact assessment service "Benefiting Enterprises and Convenience" action, and launch the APP3.0 version of the "Construction Project Route Selection and Site Selection Environmental Access Self-Service Query System" to promote the realization of environmental impact assessment procedures on hand, one-click guidance of environmental impact assessment reports, and self-matching of project parks, and enhance public participation. Facilitate "anytime, anywhere" supervision. As of September 25, the city's carbon emission rights trading has a cumulative transaction volume of 51.3 million tons, with a transaction volume of 1.21 billion yuan. "Carbon Huitong" has launched a total of 20 low-carbon scenarios, with 2.5 million user registrations. The balance of green loans exceeded 760 billion yuan, 14947 companies settled in climate investment and financing platforms, 542 projects, and a cumulative intended financing of 398.3 billion yuan, and 51 financing projects with a total of 17.7 billion yuan were promoted. Simultaneously promote 11 districts and counties including Wanzhou, Qianjiang, and Fuling to carry out city-level climate investment and financing pilots. In the seven special actions to improve quality and implement "Sword Law Enforcement", two rounds of award-winning reporting activities were carried out. Chongqing City issued a total of 855 environmental administrative penalties, including 49 major cases were investigated and dealt with, 603 award-winning reporting cases were handled, and a bonus of approximately 150,000 yuan was paid.