The beautiful picture scroll is depicted in the green mountains and green waters

In 2023, the whole region will thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, take the construction of the Pilot Zone as the guide, promote positive progress in the battle against pollution, and steadily improve the quality of the ecological environment in the region, the proportion of good days in prefecture-level cities will remain above 80%, the proportion of heavily polluted days will be controlled at 0.2%, and the average annual concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) will be 29 micrograms/ The water quality of the Ningxia section of the main stream of the Yellow River has been stable for seven consecutive years, and the water bodies of Class II, inferior Class V and urban black and odorous water bodies have been dynamically cleared, and the total emission reduction target of major pollutants issued by the state in the "14th Five-Year Plan" has been completed two years ahead of schedule.

New breakthroughs have been made in top-level design planning.The Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th Party Committee of the Autonomous Region issued a series of "1+4" documents in the field of ecological civilization construction, planning and promoting the ecological and environmental protection work of the new journey with a higher position, a wider vision and stricter requirements, and the national pollution prevention and control effectiveness assessment entered the excellent level for the first time. Yanchi County and Minning Town were respectively rated as the demonstration area for ecological civilization construction and the practice and innovation base of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets".

New achievements have been made in the green and low-carbon transition.We have strengthened the service guarantee of environmental impact assessment of construction projects, completed the four-level linkage examination and approval and filing of 5,405 projects, and effectively helped the promotion of a number of major projects such as the flood control project at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain. The approval of the "two high" projects decreased by 50% year-on-year, Yinchuan City and Guyuan City were selected as national regional pilot cities for reclaimed water recycling, Wuzhong City was rated as a national low-carbon city pilot "excellent" city, and Ningxia desert greening and sand industry development was rated as a national green and low-carbon typical case.

New achievements have been made in pollution prevention and control.We continued to fight the four landmark battles of blue sky, clear water, pure land, solid waste and new pollutant treatment, implemented 243 air pollution prevention and control projects, ranked among the top in the country in terms of PM2.5 concentration reduction, and remediated 946 sewage outlets into the Yellow River, and the Yu River was rated as an excellent case of beautiful rivers and lakes in the country, and took the lead in releasing a list of chemical substances for priority assessment at the provincial level in the country, with the safe utilization rate of polluted cultivated land reaching 100% and the rural domestic sewage treatment rate reaching 35.65%, which is at the leading level among the five provinces and autonomous regions in Northwest China.

New progress has been made in the rectification of outstanding environmental problems.Adhere to strict law enforcement, strict rectification of outstanding environmental problems, the second round of feedback from the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors in 2023, 27 of the 29 rectification tasks have been completed, 1,240 complaints from the masses have been completed, and 1,237 complaints from the masses have been completed, and Zhongwei Meiliyuan Water Co., Ltd. has been successfully delisted. Severely cracked down on environmental violations, filed 387 cases and imposed penalties of 47.06 million yuan. Continue to promote the "Green Shield" work, and rectify and repair all the problem points in the nature reserve.

The allocation of environmental resource elements has been newly optimized.We will further promote the reform of pollutant discharge rights and carbon emission rights, improve and improve the reform system of carbon emission rights, deepen the reform of the compensation system for ecological and environmental damages, and establish a system for disclosing environmental information in accordance with the law. Improve and improve the ecological investment mechanism, mobilize all forces to participate in ecological construction, the ecological environment-oriented development (EOD) project in the eastern area of Yinchuan City and the comprehensive ecological management and supporting industry development (EOD) project in the Jinshan area of Helan Mountain (eastern foothills) have been successfully included in the national ecological and environmental protection financial support project database, with a total investment of 5.231 billion yuan.

New improvements have been made in environmental governance capabilities.Further improve the system of laws and regulations covering various environmental elements, and take the lead in establishing a horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism with equal rights and responsibilities between upstream and downstream, and joint construction and sharing. Ningxia's first Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection Theme Publicity and Practice Month, "Beautiful China, I am an Actor" and other practical activities were successfully held to enhance the public's awareness of ecological civilization.

The foundation of ecological security has been further solidified.Refine the key points of safety precautions related to all aspects of hazardous waste production and operation, nuclear technology utilization units and pollution control facilities. Conduct a comprehensive investigation of the safety risks and hidden dangers of environmental protection facilities such as desulfurization and denitrification of petrochemical and other enterprises in the region, organize the "Safe Ningxia-2023" and Ningxia radiation accident emergency comprehensive drill and the Qingshui River "Nanyang Practice" emergency drill for water pollution incidents, and the autonomous region's safety production and fire protection assessment were rated as excellent.

2024 is an important year to accelerate the construction of a beautiful Ningxia, and the Department of Ecology and Environment of the Autonomous Region will strengthen the mission of high-level protection in accordance with the requirements of the Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 13th Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 13th Party Committee of the Autonomous Region and the Economic Work Conference of the Party Committee and the Two Sessions of the Autonomous Region.

Tighten and consolidate the responsibility of ecological and environmental protection.Thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, fully implement the requirements of "the same responsibility of the party and the government, one post and two responsibilities" and "three pipes and three musts" for ecological and environmental protection, and implement the responsibilities of all parties closely around the goal of maintaining excellent results in the evaluation of pollution prevention and control. Comprehensively promote the rectification of feedback problems from the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors, and organize and carry out the ecological and environmental protection inspections of the autonomous region.

Continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment.We will comprehensively launch continuous air quality improvement actions, take PM2.5 control as the main line, strengthen source control, coordinated control of multiple pollutants and coordinated management of regional pollution, actively respond to heavily polluted weather, and make great efforts to solve the problem of oil smoke and odor disturbing the people. Adhere to the equal emphasis on protection and governance, implement actions to protect drinking water sources, strengthen the investigation and remediation and standardized management of sewage outlets into the river, strengthen the sewage treatment and discharge control of enterprises in key industries, and promote the remediation of black and odorous water bodies at the county level. Accelerate the construction of major projects for the control of soil pollution sources, strengthen the risk management and control of polluted land plots on construction land and the control of planned uses, and solidly promote the comprehensive improvement of the rural environment. Strengthen the comprehensive management of solid waste, carry out statistical surveys, risk assessments and control of environmental information on new pollutants, and promote the construction of "zero-waste cities" with high standards.

Vigorously promote green and low-carbon development.Adhere to high-level ecological protection to promote and lead high-quality development, study and formulate policies and measures to support high-quality development for the recovery of the ecological environment service economy, fully implement the requirements for ecological and environmental zoning control, strictly enforce the environmental access of "two high and one low" projects, and strengthen the service guarantee of environmental impact assessment for major investment projects. Implement methane emission control actions and accelerate the pilot construction of a carbon inclusive system. Actively promote the eco-environment-oriented development model, and promote the organic integration of environmental pollution prevention and control, ecosystem protection and restoration and other projects with the development of ecological industries.

Earnestly guard the bottom line of ecological security.Vigorously improve the efficiency of law enforcement, expand the credit supervision model, give play to the role of media supervision, and severely crack down on all kinds of environmental violations and crimes. Strengthen the rectification of socialized inspection and testing institutions, standardize market order, and strictly supervise and manage the whole process of environmental monitoring.

Continuously improve the ability of environmental governance.Actively promote local legislation on noise pollution prevention and control in the autonomous region, and revise the "Environmental Protection Regulations of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region". We will further promote the reform of pollutant discharge rights and carbon emission rights, and improve the system of laws and regulations and policies, as well as the operational guarantee mechanism. Strengthen the publicity and positive guidance of ecological civilization, and carry out the selection of the top ten ecological and environmental protection figures in the region.

Wuzhong City deeply practices the development concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and the green development pioneer city is stable and far-reaching. Photo courtesy of the Autonomous Region Department of Ecology and Environment