Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Weekly News (11.12-11.18)

　　On November 16, Sun Jinlong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, presided over a meeting of the Party Group of the Ministry to convey and study the spirit of the third meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, and to convey and study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when he inspected the post-disaster reconstruction work in Beijing and Hebei. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, attended the meeting.>>> more to read here

　　On November 17, Sun Jinlong, Secretary of the Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, presided over a meeting of the Party Group of the Ministry to convey and study the important instructions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the fire accident of an office building in Yongju Coal Mine in Luliang City, Shanxi Province. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, attended the meeting.>>> more to read here

　　2. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment convenes an executive meeting of the ministry

　　On November 15, Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, presided over an executive meeting of the Ministry to review and approve in principle the "Action Plan for Comprehensive Control of Air Pollution in the Autumn and Winter of 2023-2024 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas and the Fenwei Plain", "Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in the Cement Industry", "Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in the Coking Industry" and 8 national ecological and environmental standards, and listened to the report on the supporting system of the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market. Sun Jinlong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, attended the meeting.>>> more to read here

　　3. The presidency of the three Rio conventions jointly issued the Joint Statement of the Presidents of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

　　Recently, China, as the presidency of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), together with Côte d'Ivoire, the presidency of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP15), and Egypt, the presidency of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27), jointly issued the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Joint statement by the President of the Conference of the Parties. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, signed the Joint Statement and delivered a video speech as the President of CBD COP15.>>> more to read here

　　4. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, met with European Commission Climate Action Commissioner Hoekstra

　　On November 16, Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, met with European Commission Climate Action Commissioner Hoekstra in Beijing. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on issues of common concern, such as deepening policy dialogue and practical cooperation in the field of environment and climate, and key issues of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).>>> more to read here

　　5. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment published an article in Qiushi magazine entitled "Accurately Grasp the Major Relationships that Need to Be Handled to Promote the Construction of Ecological Civilization on the New Journey"

　　At the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection in July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that to summarize the practical experience of the new era in the past 10 years, analyze the new situations and new problems currently faced, and continue to promote the construction of ecological civilization, we must be guided by the thought of socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and correctly handle several major relationships, namely, the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection, the relationship between key tackling and collaborative governance, the relationship between natural restoration and artificial restoration, the relationship between external constraints and endogenous power, and "double carbon" The relationship between commitment and autonomous action. The important exposition of the general secretary deepens and expands our party's understanding of the laws of ecological civilization construction, and is an important content of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought on new creation, new development and new achievements. We must deeply study and comprehend, plan and promote the ecological and environmental protection work on the new journey with a higher position, a wider vision and greater efforts, promote the coordination of local and global aspects, the integration of symptoms and root causes, and the combination of current and long-term, write a new chapter in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era, and promote the goal of a beautiful China to become a reality step by step.>>> more to read here

　　6. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the results of the national air quality forecast consultation in the second half of November

　　In the second half of November, the air quality in most parts of the country was mainly excellent, and the Yangtze River Delta region and the Fenwei Plain were mainly good to slightly polluted. From the 19th to the 22nd, moderate pollution may occur in the northeastern and northwest regions, Guanzhong in Shaanxi, Chengdu Plain and some cities in southern Sichuan, moderate pollution may occur in the central and southern parts of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and central and northern Henan, and short-term severe pollution may occur in Guanzhong in Shaanxi Province on the 20th, and moderate and severe pollution may occur in Guanzhong in Shaanxi Province on the 20th; from 23rd to 28th, moderate pollution may occur in Guanzhong in Shaanxi, northwest Henan, Huanhu Lake and eastern part of Qinghai. From the 16th to the 17th, from the 21st to the 23rd and on the 25th, Turpan City in the eastern Xinjiang region and the cities in southern Xinjiang were affected by sand and dust weather, and moderate pollution may occur.>>> more to read here

　　7. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced the 16th batch of typical cases of ecological and environmental law enforcement (in the field of cracking down on environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste)

　　On November 16, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced 7 typical cases of cracking down on environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste, which focused on the common characteristics of environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste, with common and frequent areas and links as the entry point, some cases involved illegal disposal and dumping across provinces, involving a large number of enterprises and personnel, and a huge amount of hazardous waste, and some cases used new technologies and new means to quickly investigate and lock down the illegal and criminal subjects.>>> more to read here

　　8. The selection of advanced collectives and advanced individuals in the national ecological environment system was launched

　　Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Notice on the Selection and Commendation of Advanced Collectives and Advanced Workers in the National Ecological Environment System", and decided to select 118 advanced collectives in the national ecological environment system and 45 advanced individuals in the national ecological environment system.>>> more to read here