The Second Session of the 14th People's Congress of the Autonomous Region opened, and Sun Shaocheng presided over Wang Lixia's government work report

In-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection

The construction of a beautiful China will be comprehensively promoted

Modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature

-- Work report at the 2024 National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection

Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment

(23 January 2024)

Comrades,

The main task of this national ecological and environmental protection work conference is to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, summarize the ecological and environmental protection work in 2023, analyze the current situation, and arrange and deploy key tasks in 2024. Now, I would like to make three observations.

1. Positive progress will be made in ecological and environmental protection in 2023

2023 is the first year for the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also a milestone year in the field of ecology and environment. The Party Central Committee convened the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection again after five years, and General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, profoundly summarizing the "four major changes" of China's ecological civilization construction and the "five major relationships" that must be handled, systematically deploying the "six major tasks", and emphasizing "adhering to and strengthening the party's overall leadership" This "a major requirement" provides an action plan and scientific guide for us to continue to promote the construction of ecological civilization in the new era and new journey.

In the past year, in the face of the severe and complex situation of ecological and environmental protection, the national ecological environment system adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, firmly practiced Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, took responsibility and fulfilled its duties, coordinated the promotion of high-quality economic development and high-level protection of the ecological environment, vigorously promoted the construction of a beautiful China, and achieved new results in ecological and environmental governance.

(1) Conscientiously implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards"

Make every effort to prepare for the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection and study and implement the spirit of the conference. The preparation of the conference will be regarded as an important political task, and a leading group and a special work class will be established to do a good job in the drafting of important documents and conference affairs of the conference with high quality, so as to ensure the successful convening of the conference. After the convening of the conference, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will hold a meeting of cadres and workers in the system in a timely manner, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the conference, organize special reading classes, and print and implement the "Notice on In-depth Study, Publicity and Implementation of the Spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection" and the "Ministry of Ecology and Environment to Implement the Key Tasks of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection". Promote the issuance of the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China", "Opinions on Strengthening the Zoning Control of the Ecological Environment", and "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Vertical Management System of Monitoring, Supervision and Law Enforcement of Ecological and Environmental Institutions Below the Provincial Level". All provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the XPCC have successively convened their own provincial ecological and environmental protection conferences, or convened relevant meetings in the name of party committees, to study and implement the spirit of the national ecological and environmental protection conference, and make comprehensive arrangements for strengthening ecological and environmental protection in the new journey.

Strengthen the research, publicity and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and do a good job in handling General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions. Steadily promote the construction of the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and hold seminars on in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization for five consecutive years. The implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions will be an important political task, revise the "General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Instructions and Supervision Work Measures", improve the registration and approval, communication and learning, implementation, supervision and supervision, assessment and evaluation, archiving management and other working mechanisms, and earnestly grasp the implementation of the work, which has effectively led the continuous improvement of the ecological environmental protection system and mechanism and the improvement of the ecological environment governance capacity. Promote the implementation of the comprehensive treatment of Baiyangdian Lake, study and build a "three-water co-ordination" Baiyangdian water quality monitoring, evaluation and assessment system, and strengthen the supervision of the ecological environment and the evaluation of governance effects. We will make every effort to promote the special rectification of the problem of fraud by third-party environmental protection service providers, strictly investigate and deal with 2,260 third-party environmental protection service agencies throughout the year, publicly release 457 typical cases, study and formulate the "Measures for the Management of Self-monitoring of Pollutant Discharge Units", and refine the requirements for self-monitoring and supervision of pollutant discharge units. Organize and carry out special research, in-depth excavation of the successful practice and experience of ecological civilization construction such as the comprehensive management of Yundang Lake in Xiamen over the past 35 years, as an important model and fresh example of research, publicity and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and continue to do a good job in publicity and innovation transformation. Improve the mechanism for promoting the local practice of Beautiful China.

Further promote the central ecological and environmental protection inspection. Formulate the "Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Work Plan (2023-2027)". With the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the third round of the first batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspections was organized in five provinces: Fujian, Henan, Hainan, Gansu and Qinghai. By the end of 2023, 2,164 rectification tasks specified in the second round of inspector rectification plans have been solidly promoted, with an overall completion rate of 79%. Take the lead in filming the 2023 warning film on the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yellow River Basin, and investigate a number of outstanding problems around the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.

We will make every effort to support the overall improvement of the operation of the service economy. Formulate and implement the "Several Measures for Promoting Stable Growth and High-quality Development of Ecological Environment Services", and fully implement 30 specific measures in five major actions, including EIA service guarantee, expanding effective investment, benefiting enterprises and helping enterprises, environmental policy support, and reform to improve quality and efficiency. Issued opinions on further optimizing the environmental impact assessment work, proposed to explore the "integration of environmental impact assessment and pollutant discharge permit approval", and implemented the "four batches" (pilot exemption of a batch of registration form project filing procedures, promotion of a batch of report form project "bundling" approval, simplification of a batch of reports (forms) project EIA content, optimization and improvement of a number of project EIA total index review management) and other reform measures to improve the quality and efficiency of EIA. We have given full play to the role of the "three ledgers" of environmental impact assessment and approval, and completed the environmental impact assessment and approval of 415 key projects, such as the Yellow River Guxian Water Conservancy Hub, the Hefei-Wuhan high-speed railway, and the double line of the Guangxi LNG export pipeline (Baise-Wenshan). A total of 124,000 EIA documents were approved across the country, involving a total investment of 22.4 trillion yuan. In the field of ecology and environment, 12,000 major projects in the "14th Five-Year Plan" ledger system have been included in the project, and an investment of 600 billion yuan has been completed. Continuously deepening differentiated regulatory measures, more than 51,000 enterprises were included in the positive list of supervision and law enforcement, more than 53,000 off-site inspections were carried out, and the number of on-site law enforcement inspections decreased by 20.9% year-on-year.

(2) Adhere to precise, scientific, and law-based pollution control, and continue to fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control

We will further promote the battle to defend the blue sky. The State Council issued the Action Plan for Continuous Improvement of Air Quality. Steadily promote clean heating in the northern region, and complete the treatment of about 2 million households with scattered coal throughout the year. A total of 420 million tons of crude steel production capacity has been transformed into ultra-low emissions in the whole process, 400 million tons of crude steel production capacity has been transformed into key projects such as sintering pellet desulfurization and denitrification, and material yard closure, and 85,000 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been rectified. For six consecutive years, we have carried out "double random, one open" supervision and random inspections of motor vehicle inspection and testing institutions, and urged 13 car companies to implement environmental protection recalls, involving 3.26 million vehicles. Promote the establishment of a joint prevention and control mechanism for air pollution in the urban agglomeration on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, the northeast region, and the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Promote the full coverage of the emergency emission reduction list for heavily polluted weather, and increase the number of enterprises by 240,000. The "14th Five-Year Plan for Noise Pollution Prevention and Control" and the "2024 HFC Quota Setting and Allocation Plan" were issued and implemented.

Deeply promote the battle to defend clear water. Issued and implemented the "Plan for the Protection of the Water Ecological Environment in Key River Basins". The "Detailed Rules for Scoring Water Ecological Assessment Indicators in the Yangtze River Basin (Trial)" was issued to carry out water ecological assessment in the Yangtze River Basin. Guide 19 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River basin to formulate total phosphorus pollution control plans, and continue to carry out special actions for water pollution remediation in industrial parks in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. We continued to promote the investigation, remediation and standardization of sewage outlets into rivers and seas, and investigated more than 250,000 sewage outlets into rivers in total, and about one-third of them completed rectification. The "Notice on Further Improving the Environmental Protection of Black and Odorous Water Bodies" was issued, and national spot checks were carried out on the effectiveness of the remediation of black and odorous water bodies in cities, and 183 outstanding problems found in the supervision and supervision were tracked, and the proportion of black and odorous water bodies in county-level cities was eliminated to more than 70%. Guide the seven eastern provinces to take the lead in carrying out the investigation and rectification of black and odorous water bodies in county seats, and initially establish a list of black and odorous water bodies in county towns across the country. We will continue to promote the standardization of centralized drinking water sources in cities across the country and the delineation and establishment of standards for township-level centralized drinking water source protection zones. Promoting the reduction of total nitrogen in rivers entering the sea and the improvement of water quality in coastal waters, more than 50 rivers entering the sea have issued and implemented the "one river, one policy" treatment plan, and the average concentration of total nitrogen in the inflow section of state-controlled rivers in the country has decreased by 12.2% year-on-year, of which the average total nitrogen concentration in the inflow section of state-controlled rivers in the Bohai Rim has decreased by 19.9% year-on-year. We have carried out special clean-up operations in key bays, strengthened the supervision of marine engineering and marine dumping, launched the third baseline survey of marine pollution, and completed the inauguration of five marine environmental emergency bases in Tianjin and Shanghai. The second batch of 50 excellent cases of beautiful rivers, lakes and beautiful bays were released.

Deeply promote the battle to defend the Pure Land. We will continue to carry out actions to prevent and control the sources of heavy metal pollution such as cadmium in the soil of agricultural land, initiate the implementation of 124 major projects for the control of soil pollution sources, and designate 210 key areas in 22 provinces across the country to implement special emission limits for heavy metal pollutants in areas where polluted farmland is concentrated. Carry out remote sensing monitoring of the implementation of the safe use of contaminated cultivated land on a regular basis, and promote the inclusion of the prevention and control of sources of cultivated land soil pollution and the safe use of cultivated land in the assessment of cultivated land protection and food security and food safety. Completed the investigation of hidden dangers of more than 6,400 key soil pollution supervision units. The "Guiding Opinions on Promoting Soil Pollution Risk Management and Control and Green and Low-Carbon Remediation" was issued, and a total of 2,058 land plots were included in the risk management and restoration directory. More than 9,000 land plots vacated by closed and relocated enterprises will be included in the priority supervision list. The Technical Guidelines for the Delineation of Key Areas for Groundwater Pollution Prevention and Control (for Trial Implementation) were issued, and 2,616 enterprises were included in the list of key pollutant discharge units for groundwater pollution prevention and control. Deploy and carry out pilot projects for soil and groundwater pollution control and restoration in production enterprises and chemical parks. Promote more than 2,700 counties (cities, districts) across the country to compile and issue special plans for rural domestic sewage treatment at the county level, and 611 large animal husbandry counties to compile and issue plans for the prevention and control of pollution from livestock and poultry breeding. The "Guiding Opinions on Further Promoting the Treatment of Rural Domestic Sewage" was issued to promote the environmental improvement of more than 16,000 administrative villages and the treatment of black and odorous water bodies in more than 800 large rural areas.

Strengthen the treatment of solid waste and new pollutants. Promote 113 cities at and above the prefecture level and 8 special areas to issue "zero-waste city" implementation plans, and arrange more than 3,200 engineering projects in various places, involving a total investment of more than 1 trillion yuan. Guide 15 provinces to promote the construction of "zero-waste cities" in an orderly manner. The "Overall Implementation Plan for the Construction of Major Hazardous Waste Projects (2023-2025)" was issued to scientifically lay out the construction of "1+6+20" major hazardous waste projects, and accelerate the completion of the shortcomings in the environmental risk prevention and control and disposal capacity of hazardous waste. Complete the three-year action of special remediation of hazardous waste. Organize and carry out joint special actions of ministries and commissions for plastic pollution control. Implement the Action Plan for the Treatment of New Pollutants and launch pilot demonstrations for the treatment of new pollutants. The "Statistical Survey System for Environmental Information of Chemical Substances" was issued and implemented, and environmental information statistics on the production and use of more than 4,000 key chemical substances in 122 key industries were completed. Implement life-cycle environmental risk control measures for 14 types of new pollutants, and eliminate 8 types of key new pollutants. Promote the rectification of 1,136 tailings ponds in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and 235 tailings ponds in the Yellow River Basin. Organized and carried out the "waste removal action" in the Yellow River Basin, and promoted the cleaning and remediation of nearly 34 million tons of solid waste in relevant provinces, with a completion rate of 99.4%. Completed the on-site phase of the investigation of the pollution status of historical mines in the Yellow River Basin. Guide key provinces to strengthen thallium pollution control.

(3) Adhere to the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and promote green and low-carbon economic and social development

Actively promote green and low-carbon development. Establish and improve the system of ecological and environmental zoning management and control, and promote the dynamic update of results. Completed the "14th Five-Year Plan" provincial mineral resources planning and 40 major special planning environmental impact assessment reviews, and put forward optimization and avoidance requirements for more than 4,700 square kilometers of planning blocks involving ecological protection red lines. Carry out environmental impact assessments on 62 provincial and municipal land and space plans, and promote the optimization of the pattern of land space development and protection. Strict access to environmental impact assessments, the implementation of equal or multiple substitution of new pollutants, the control of greenhouse gas emissions into the management of environmental impact assessments, and resolutely curb the blind launch of "two high and one low" projects. Formulate and implement measures to promote the protection of major regional strategic ecological and environmental protection, carry out a new round of preparation of ecological and environmental protection plans for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, carry out follow-up and evaluation of the implementation of the Yangtze River Delta regional ecological and environmental protection plan, and promote the establishment of a cooperation and exchange mechanism for ecological and environmental protection in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Steadily carry out multi-field and multi-level collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and release the first batch of collaborative innovation pilot lists, including 21 cities (districts) and 43 industrial parks.

We will further advance work related to climate change. Prepare and issue the "Key Tasks for Climate Change (2023-2025)" and the "Action Plan for Methane Emission Control". Promote the successful conclusion of the second compliance cycle (2021 and 2022) of the national carbon emission trading market, and include a total of 2,257 key emitting enterprises in the power generation industry, covering more than 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, with a compliance completion rate of more than 99%. The national carbon market management platform has been established and put into operation, and the monthly information storage certificate submission rate has been maintained at 100% for eight consecutive months. The issuance and implementation of the "Greenhouse Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Management Measures (Trial)", the launch of the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market, marking the initial formation of China's complete carbon trading market system. The first China Carbon Market Conference was successfully held.

(4) Adhere to the bottom-line thinking and continue to consolidate the line of defense for ecological and environmental safety

Continue to strengthen the supervision of ecological protection and restoration. Complete the investigation and evaluation of the national ecological status change (2015-2020), and carry out the "13th Five-Year Plan" pilot evaluation of the ecological protection and restoration project of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses. In conjunction with six departments, the "Green Shield 2023" nature reserves will be strengthened, 65 nature reserves will be inspected on the spot, and 179 key issues will be rectified. Organize and carry out remote sensing monitoring of human activities within the ecological protection redline, and identify 225 ecological damage problems through on-site verification. China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2023-2030) was released, and the Implementation Plan for Major Biodiversity Conservation Projects (2023-2030) was formulated in conjunction with relevant departments. Improve the standards and norms for wetland protection and supervision, cooperate with the inspection of the enforcement of the Wetland Protection Law, promote relevant documents and plans to clarify the responsibilities of ecological protection and restoration effectiveness assessment of ecological protection and restoration departments in relevant documents, formulate technical specifications for the evaluation of ecological quality in desertification areas and wetlands, and make institutional progress in cross-departmental ecological supervision work such as desertification prevention and control and wetland protection. Jointly released 15 excellent ecological protection and restoration cases, and identified the third batch of 7 integrated protection and restoration projects of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands. The seventh batch of 104 ecological civilization construction demonstration zones and 53 "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" practice and innovation bases were awarded and named.

Effectively control the safety of the ecological environment. Improve the national ecological security coordination mechanism and convene plenary meetings, issue work rules, and deploy and promote the construction of a monitoring and early warning system. The natural ecosystems of the country have remained stable on the whole, the number of heavily polluted days has been effectively controlled, the pollution of surface water during the flood season has been effectively controlled, and the outbreak of blooms in key lakes has been effectively curbed. The "one river, one policy, one map" for environmental emergency response in 2,266 key rivers has been compiled, accounting for 90% of the total number of plans. A total of more than 106,500 environmental emergencies have been investigated nationwide, and about 95% of them have been rectified. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment directly dispatched and guided the handling of 121 emergencies of various kinds, effectively ensuring the safety of the ecological environment.

Strict nuclear and radiation safety supervision. Carry out safety review, environmental impact assessment and supervision at the relevant stages of nuclear power plant construction in accordance with the law。 The construction permits for 4 nuclear power units and the review opinions on the site selection of 10 nuclear power units were newly issued. Organize and carry out the mid-term evaluation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" nuclear safety plan, and supervise the implementation of the three-year action to rectify the problems of nuclear and radiation safety hazard investigation. Accelerate the decommissioning of old nuclear facilities and the treatment of radioactive waste left over from history, and promote the safe disposal of radioactive waste. In conjunction with relevant departments, a document will be issued to strictly control the online sale of radioactive materials and eliminate safety risks. The nuclear power units, in-service civil research reactors and civil nuclear fuel cycle facilities in operation are operating safely, and the construction quality of nuclear power units and civil research reactors under construction is generally under control, and there have been no incidents or accidents of International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) level 2 or above. Successfully completed the implementation of the Joint Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety. Actively promote feedback on experience on key nuclear safety issues and research and judgment of the nuclear safety situation, and improve the pertinence and effectiveness of nuclear safety supervision. Strengthen the on-site supervision of nuclear safety equipment and the ability assessment of nuclear safety special process personnel.

(5) Adhere to reform and innovation, and strive to build a modern environmental governance system

Promote the implementation of major reform measures. Conscientiously implement the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee on institutional reform, complete the organization and formulation of science and technology to promote ecological environment development planning and policy responsibilities, as well as the transfer of relevant establishment posts and personnel. Implement the task of streamlining the establishment of organs, and complete the filing of the detailed plan for the "three determinations" of the departments and bureaus involved in reform. Cooperate with the Central Committee to issue the "List of Rights and Responsibilities of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment". Significant progress has been made in promoting the transfer of assets of the basin and sea area bureau, laying a solid foundation for the long-term development of the ecological environment supervision in the river basin and sea area. Organized and completed the pilot work of pollutant discharge permit reform in 54 regions, and released 22 typical experience cases. A total of 364,100 pollutant discharge permits have been audited across the country, 253,000 implementation reports have been standardized, and a total of 3,757,200 fixed pollution sources have been included in the management of pollutant discharge permits.

Improve the system of laws, regulations and standards. Promote the promulgation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law and the Interim Regulations on the Management of Carbon Emission Trading, and revise and issue the Marine Environmental Protection Law and the Regulations on the Management of Ozone-Depleting Substances. 3 departmental rules were formulated and revised, and 100 ecological and environmental standards were issued. Guided the practice of cases of compensation for ecological and environmental damages, and handled 14,700 cases of compensation for ecological and environmental damages nationwide, involving a compensation amount of 6.48 billion yuan. Promote the reform of the legal disclosure system of environmental information, and in the first disclosure cycle of 2022, more than 83,000 enterprises and institutions will disclose environmental information in accordance with the law.

Continuously improve the efficiency of ecological and environmental law enforcement. With a "zero tolerance" attitude, we will severely punish malicious environmental violations in accordance with the law, continue to cooperate with the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security to carry out the "two strikes" (cracking down on hazardous waste environmental violations and crimes and the illegal crimes of automatic monitoring data falsification of key pollutant discharge units), investigate and deal with 2,906 illegal cases, fine 471 million yuan, and transfer 1,624 suspected criminal cases to the public security. During the year, 79,600 administrative punishment cases were handled in various localities, with a total amount of 6.27 billion yuan in fines and confiscations. Promote the lawful announcement of judgments in environmental impact assessment fraud cases such as Shandong Jinhua and Jiangxi Zhanhang, and achieve a major breakthrough in the judicial practice of criminal environmental impact assessment fraud. 8,482 people were organized to complete the on-site investigation of the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Bohai Sea outlets in 12 rounds, a total of nearly 109,000 sewage outlets were identified, and more than 20,000 environmental problems related to sewage outlets were found and solved. Adhering to the combination of "online" and "offline", nearly 28,000 people were organized to carry out 16 rounds of on-site and 14 rounds of remote air quality improvement supervision and assistance in key areas, inspected 57,000 enterprises in key industries, and found and promoted the solution of more than 87,000 various gas-related environmental problems. For eight consecutive years, we have organized and carried out large-scale training activities for ecological and environmental protection law enforcement. The country is equipped with 499,000 units (sets) of environmental protection law enforcement equipment according to standards, an increase of nearly four times compared with 2022, and the upload rate of mobile law enforcement inspection data exceeds 99%.

Strengthen innovation in ecological and environmental governance. Convened a conference on ecological and environmental science and technology, planned to promote the reform of the ecological environment science and technology system, and put forward measures such as reshaping and reconstructing the scientific and technological management system, value system, staff organization system, innovation platform system, achievement and talent evaluation and assessment system in the field of ecological environment. Measures for the management of ecological and environmental statistics have been introduced, and the statistical survey system for emission sources has been revised to improve the quality of ecological and environmental statistics. Vigorously promote the construction of ecological and environmental information platforms, do a solid job in the display of basic data space and the development of operational application scenarios such as air quality assurance and supervision and assistance, water environment, polluted plots, project environmental impact assessments, pollutant discharge permits, and carbon markets, and promote the sharing and sharing of information systems and data resources.

Comprehensively improve the level of ecological environment monitoring. Strengthen the capacity building of air quality monitoring and forecasting, and improve the working mechanism for monitoring and forecasting of sand and dust weather. We will further promote the "linkage between local monitoring stations and the state", and realize the online sharing of data from 25,000 local monitoring stations. It signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the China National Space Administration to deepen the application of satellite remote sensing, and the hyperspectral observation satellite was officially put into use. The Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly issued the "National Ecological Quality Supervision and Monitoring Work Plan (2023-2025)", and built the first batch of 55 national comprehensive ecological quality monitoring stations. Completed the construction of automatic monitoring systems for acoustic environment quality in 36 key cities. Accelerate the construction of a national agricultural non-point source monitoring "one network" covering 175 monitoring areas. Strengthen the management of the quality of environmental monitoring data, and punish serious human interference with state-controlled sites in accordance with laws and regulations.

Strengthen financial guarantees. In cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, the central ecological environment fund for 2023 will be 67.1 billion yuan, an increase of 5 billion yuan over 2022. Continue to carry out the supervision of the central ecological and environmental fund projects, and promote the improvement of the performance of the use of funds. Implement 7 integrated protection and restoration projects of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, with a financial fund of 14 billion yuan. It is planned to promote the national water ecological environment intelligent monitoring business and experimental platform project, and the South China Sea ecological environmental protection and emergency capacity building project to be approved, with a total investment of 940 million yuan. By the end of 2023, a total of 229 EOD projects had been pushed to financial institutions, with a total investment of 971.8 billion yuan, a financing demand of 682.8 billion yuan, and a credit of 201.2 billion yuan.

Actively promote national action for ecological and environmental protection. Attended press conferences such as the "Authoritative Departments Talk about the Beginning" of the State Council Information Office and the release of the white paper "China's Green Development in the New Era", and organized 10 regular press conferences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and 3 media briefings. Successfully held the national main event of the June Five-Year Environment Day and the main event of the National Low Carbon Day, and supported the holding of the first main event of the National Ecology Day. Revised and issued the "Ten Norms of Citizens' Ecological and Environmental Behavior", and compiled and issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Prosperity and Development of Ecological Literature in the New Era". Continue to promote the opening of environmental protection facilities to the public. Deepen the reform of the working mechanism for ecological and environmental petition complaints, and do a good job in environmental petition work with heart and affection.

Deeply involved in global environmental and climate governance. Actively and steadily carry out bilateral and multilateral exchanges on environment and climate, and successfully held the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation High-level Forum on Green Development, the Belt and Road Green Development Roundtable and the General Meeting of the Belt and Road Green Development Alliance, the CCICED Annual Meeting 2023, the 4th EU-China High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate, and the 9th EU-China Environmental Policy Ministers' Dialogue. China has been deeply involved in global climate negotiations, promoted the release of the China-US Sunny Land Statement on Strengthening Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis and the China-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change, and promoted the positive outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28). The fourth national communication on climate change and the third biennial update report on climate change were formally submitted to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 25 South-South cooperation projects on climate change have been developed and implemented, and the "African Light Belt" project has been announced. China will continue to play its role as the presidency of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), put forward the implementation initiative of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and strive to promote the implementation of the outcomes of COP15. Continue to promote the implementation of international environmental conventions and international negotiations.

(6) Adhere to the comprehensive and strict governance of the party, and build an iron army for ecological and environmental protection

Solidly carry out education on the theme of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism The party group of the ministry formulated and issued the implementation plan for theme education, held 3 reading classes, arranged 8 theoretical center group studies, and grassroots party organizations carried out theoretical study through various forms. The members of the leading group of the ministry took the lead in going deep into the localities to carry out research on 10 topics, and the members of the leading group of various departments and subordinate units of the ministry carried out research on 280 topics, and made practical moves and sought practical results in promoting the solution of problems of concern to the masses. The rectification of problems runs through the theme education, and the list of theme education problems and special rectification plans are sorted out and formed. Establish rules and regulations to consolidate and deepen the achievements of theme education, conscientiously carry out theme education "looking back", and achieve practical results in casting the soul with learning, increasing wisdom with learning, and promoting work with learning.

We will continue to strengthen the party's work style, clean government and the construction of cadres and talents. Solidly promote the tasks of the central inspection and rectification work, and continue to follow up and do a good job in the supervision and guidance of the feedback from the central inspection. Organize and implement the first round of inspections of the internal party group during the term of the 20th Central Committee. Formulate a plan for continuously deepening the implementation of the spirit of the eight provisions of the central government, and clarify the focus of work style construction. Promptly forward typical cases of mental problems in violation of the eight central provisions. Carry out special supervision on the rectification of the "four winds" problem in 12 subordinate units. In 2023, our ministry will issue 125 key control indicator documents and hold 15 index meetings, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8% and 21% respectively. Steadily promote the building of leading groups and cadres in the ministry system, and strengthen the education, training, and supervision of young cadres.

Through tenacious efforts, while fully supporting the overall improvement of the operation of the service economy, we have withstood the multiple pressures brought about by the post-epidemic economic rebound, such as the sharp increase in pollutant emissions and extremely unfavorable meteorological conditions, overcome many difficulties and challenges, and achieved good results in the stable improvement of the quality of the ecological environment.

In terms of air quality, the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in cities at and above the prefecture level in 2023 will be 30 micrograms per cubic meter, nearly 3 micrograms per cubic meter, better than the annual target of 32.9 micrograms per cubic meter set in the 14th Five-Year Plan, and a decrease of 16.7% from 2019. Among them, the average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing was 32 micrograms per cubic meter, achieving the annual target. The national ratio of good days was 86.8% after deducting the abnormal days of sand and dust, which was 0.6 percentage points better than the annual target (86.2%) and an increase of 3.5 percentage points from 2019.

In terms of water environment quality, in 2023, the proportion of surface water quality excellent (Class I-III) sections will be 89.4%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points year-on-year, and the proportion of poor Class V sections will be 0.7%, unchanged year-on-year. The water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is stable and maintains Class II. The proportion of groundwater I.-IV. water quality points in the country was 77.8%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. The proportion of excellent (Class I and Class II) seawater quality was 85.0%, up 3.1 percentage points year-on-year, while the proportion of poor water quality was 7.9%, down 1.0 percentage points year-on-year.

In terms of soil environmental quality, the safe use of polluted cultivated land and key construction land across the country will be effectively guaranteed in 2023, and the national rural domestic sewage treatment (control) rate will reach more than 40%.

In terms of other ecological and environmental goals, in 2023, the overall ecological quality of the country is good, the nuclear and radiation safety is stable and controllable, the radiation environment quality remains good, the urban acoustic environment quality is generally good, and environmental risks are effectively controlled.

These hard-won achievements are fundamentally due to the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, the strong support of various regions and departments and the unremitting struggle of the cadres and workers of the ecological environment system, and the supervision, support and guidance of the discipline inspection and supervision team in the ministry. Here, on behalf of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, I would like to express my high respect and heartfelt thanks to you!

At the same time, we are also soberly aware that the current construction of ecological civilization in China is still in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy burden, and the task of ecological environmental protection is still arduous. First, the structural pressure on ecological and environmental protection is still large. China's industrial structure is characterized by high energy consumption and high carbon emissions, coal consumption is still at a high level, and freight transportation is still dominated by road fuel trucks. Second, the foundation for improving the ecological environment is not yet solid. The turning point of improving the ecological environment from quantitative to qualitative change has not yet arrived. The atmosphere is still not free from the "meteorological influence type". As China's meteorological conditions enter a new round of El Niño cycle, under the background of high temperatures, the periodic alternation of cold and warm is violent, and the "roller coaster" type of meteorological conditions are frequent, which will have a great impact on the quality of the atmospheric environment. The "three-water co-ordination" is still in its infancy, and soil pollution continues to accumulate in some areas. Third, the pressure on ecological and environmental security continues to increase. The overall level of ecosystem quality is still not high, and the phenomenon of crowding out important ecological spaces still exists. Long-term heavy pollution weather processes occur from time to time, and ecological and environmental incidents are still in a high-risk situation of frequent occurrence. There are nearly 10,000 tailings ponds in the country, and the total historical storage of solid waste is as high as tens of billions of tons. The capacity to regulate nuclear safety is not commensurate with the growing scale of nuclear power. Fourth, the ecological environment governance system must be improved. There are shortcomings in the scientific and technological support of the ecological environment, the market-oriented means of environmental management are insufficient, the construction of ecological environment infrastructure is lagging behind, and the overall level of operation is not high. In some places, there are superficial and inadequate ecological and environmental supervision, and some enterprises have weak legal awareness, and problems such as improper operation of pollution control facilities, excessive emissions, and falsification of monitoring data are prominent. Fifth, the situation of global environmental governance has become more complex. At present, the politicization of global ecological and environmental issues is increasing, and some Western countries are playing the climate card and introducing policies such as carbon tariffs, which continue to pressure China to shoulder greater responsibility for emission reduction and cope with the arduous task of international games in the field of ecological environment. In the face of these outstanding problems, we must take resolute and effective measures to promote solutions, respond to the uncertainty of changes in the situation with the certainty of our own work, and ensure that new progress is made in ecological and environmental protection.

2. Resolutely shoulder the political responsibility for the construction of a beautiful China, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation should be comprehensively promoted through Chinese-style modernization. The Central Economic Work Conference stressed the need to promote Chinese-style modernization as the most important politics. The harmonious coexistence of man and nature is one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. The National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection emphasized that building a beautiful China is an important goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and it is necessary to comprehensively promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature with the construction of a beautiful China. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China", making systematic arrangements for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China in the new era and new journey.

Building a Beautiful China is a long-term and arduous strategic task and systematic project, which cannot be achieved overnight, and it is necessary to anchor the goal of Beautiful China by 2035 and basically achieve it, and promote it in stages and plans. As the vanguard and main force of the construction of a beautiful China, the national ecological environment system should resolutely implement the new deployment and new requirements of the Party Central Committee, make overall plans to grasp the current and long-term, local and overall situation, focus on the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and until 2027, expand and consolidate the achievements of pollution prevention and control, continue to improve the quality of the ecological environment in a stable manner, and make a good start for the comprehensive promotion of the construction of a beautiful China. Lay a good foundation and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

In terms of guiding ideology, it is necessary to firmly establish the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, handle the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection, key tackling and coordinated governance, natural restoration and artificial restoration, external constraints and endogenous power, "double carbon" commitment and independent action, coordinate industrial structure adjustment, pollution control, ecological protection, and response to climate change, and coordinate carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, effectively maintain national ecological security, and support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment.

In terms of main goals, on the basis of the successful completion of the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan, by 2027, green and low-carbon development will be further promoted, the total emission of major pollutants will continue to be reduced, the quality of the ecological environment will continue to improve, the ecosystem service function will be continuously enhanced, the urban and rural living environment will be significantly improved, the national ecological security will be effectively guaranteed, the ecological environment governance system will be more sound, and a number of practical models will be formed, and the construction of a beautiful China will achieve remarkable results.

In terms of key tasks, we will put the construction of a beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, continue to further promote pollution prevention and control, accelerate the green transformation of development mode, improve the diversity and stability of the ecosystem, maintain the bottom line of safety in the construction of a beautiful China, create a demonstration model for the construction of a beautiful China, carry out national actions, and improve the guarantee system for the construction of a beautiful China.

Specifically, it is necessary to focus on the following aspects:

(1) Focus on the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, and promote the creation of a demonstration model for the construction of a Beautiful China.The construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone has a benchmarking and leading role in the construction of a beautiful China, and is an important carrier to encourage all localities to actively promote the construction of beauty and explore grassroots innovation, and is the focus of promoting the construction of a beautiful China at this stage. The "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of Beautiful China" clearly proposes to create a demonstration model for the construction of a beautiful China and build a pilot zone for the construction of a beautiful China. The Central Economic Work Conference also made arrangements for the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone.

At present, while comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China, we should focus on the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, and strive to form a number of practical demonstration models in a period of time, and then continue to implement them on a rolling basis and advance them in batches, so as to promote the realization of the goal of building a beautiful China for a long time. It is necessary to promote the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone at different levels through the regional, local and social levels. At the regional level, we will focus on five major regional strategies, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Yellow River Basin, highlight regional and holistic cooperation, and promote the construction of a comprehensive Beautiful China Pilot Zone. At the local level, we will focus on high-quality development and high-level protection, build beautiful cities and villages with their own beauty according to local conditions, and continue to do a good job in the construction of beautiful rivers, lakes and bays. At the social level, grassroots units such as parks, enterprises, communities, and schools are encouraged to carry out green, clean, and zero-carbon leading actions, so as to create a situation in which the whole society jointly builds and shares a beautiful China.

(2) With the theme of promoting high-quality development, simultaneously promote high-quality development and high-level protection. High-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.High-quality development and high-level protection are complementary and mutually reinforcing, high-level protection is the due meaning and important support of high-quality development, and high-quality development that prioritizes ecology and is green and low-carbon can only be achieved by relying on high-level protection. It is necessary to adhere to high-quality development as the last word in the new era, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, grasp the dialectical unity relationship between high-level protection and high-quality development, plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, take the carrying capacity of resources and environment as the premise and foundation for planning development, take the overall planning of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth as the starting point, and take green and low-carbon as the goal, constantly shape new momentum and new advantages of development, and continue to enhance the potential and stamina of development.

It is necessary to optimize the pattern of land and space development and protection through policy means such as ecological environment zoning control, policy and planning environmental impact assessment, project environmental impact assessment, and standards, and limit economic activities and human behavior to the limits that natural resources and the ecological environment can bear, so as to ensure high-quality development and keep the bottom line. It is necessary to highlight the role of improving the quality of the ecological environment and achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality, promote the transformation of the industrial structure, energy structure and transportation structure, build a green and low-carbon circular economic system, greatly improve the degree of economic greening, and promote development in the green transformation to achieve effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth. It is necessary to promote the construction of ecological and environmental infrastructure, implement major projects for ecological and environmental protection, introduce environmentally friendly economic and financial policies, encourage the increase of ecological and environmental protection and climate investment and financing, cultivate and expand ecological and environmental protection industries, and create a new engine for green growth. It is necessary to further strengthen the construction of the carbon market, improve the carbon pricing mechanism and the carbon emission statistical accounting system, increase the means of market regulation, and actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality.

(3) With the promotion of synergy in pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the main line, we will fight a landmark battle against pollution. A good ecological environment is an important foundation for the construction of a beautiful China.At present, China's ecological civilization construction has entered a critical period with carbon reduction as the key strategic direction, promoting the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and realizing the improvement of ecological environment quality from quantitative to qualitative change. We must adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law, deeply grasp the characteristics of environmental pollutants and carbon emissions that are highly rooted and homogeneous, strengthen source governance, systematic governance, and comprehensive treatment, and effectively give full play to the source traction role of carbon reduction actions in improving the quality of the ecological environment, focusing on the defense of blue sky, clear water, and pure land, implement a number of landmark actions and innovative measures, fight several beautiful landmark battles, and promote pollution prevention and control to achieve new breakthroughs in key areas, key areas, and key indicators, so as to ensure the "14th Five-Year Plan" The target task was successfully completed and remarkable results were achieved.

It is necessary to take PM2.5 control as the main line, take Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas, Fenwei Plain and other key areas as the main battlefield, and take autumn and winter as the key period, deeply fight the battle to defend the blue sky, and accelerate the elimination of heavily polluted weather. It is necessary to focus on promoting "harmony between man and water", coordinate the management of water resources, water environment and water ecology, strengthen the overall planning of land and sea, and the linkage of rivers and seas, and further promote the protection and management of major rivers and important lakes and the comprehensive management of key sea areas, basically eliminate black and odorous water bodies in urban and rural areas, and fight the battle of clear water in depth. It is necessary to highlight the control of soil pollution sources, classify and implement policies for different pollution sources, prevent both increase and reduce stocks, and fight the battle of pure land defense in depth. It is necessary to strengthen the comprehensive management of solid waste, promote the construction of a bulk solid waste recycling system, promote the standardized recycling and safe disposal of waste products, reduce pollutants and carbon dioxide emissions while saving resources, and achieve synergy in pollution reduction and carbon reduction.

(4) Guided by strengthening the "five synergies", improve the level of ecological and environmental governance.At present, China's ecological and environmental governance presents the characteristics of multi-faceted problems, intertwined contradictions between the old and the new, and the accumulation of pressures, so we must pay more attention to seeking new ways of governance from the perspective of system engineering and the overall situation, handle the relationship between key tackling and collaborative governance, adhere to overall planning, overall policy, and multiple measures at the same time, and continuously enhance the systematic, holistic and collaborative nature of all work, and carry out the construction of ecological civilization in an all-round, all-regional, and whole-process manner.

It is necessary to strengthen the coordination of goals, consciously integrate ecological and environmental protection into the overall situation of economic and social development, and promote ecological and environmental governance, green transformation of development modes, ecological protection and restoration, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, etc., and seek a dynamic balance among multiple goals. It is necessary to strengthen the coordination of multi-pollutant control, follow the internal law of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, strengthen the coordinated control of PM2.5 and ozone, increase the coordinated emission reduction of nitrogen oxides and VOCs, strengthen the coordinated control of multiple pollutants and greenhouse gases, and enhance the coordination of pollution reduction and carbon reduction. It is necessary to strengthen departmental coordination, take the initiative to strengthen coordination and linkage with relevant departments, promote the implementation of the list of responsibilities for the construction of ecological civilization, and the departments in charge of development, production, and industry should do a good job in environmental protection in accordance with the requirements of "one post and two responsibilities", so as to form a strong joint force to jointly manage and jointly promote the construction of a beautiful China. It is necessary to strengthen regional coordination, break the traditional environmental governance model based on administrative regions, strengthen the regional coordinated governance of the ecological environment, and take the implementation of the national major regional coordinated development strategy as an opportunity to strengthen the cooperation of green development in regional river basins and strengthen the joint protection and governance of the ecological environment. It is necessary to strengthen policy coordination, promote the coordination of fiscal and taxation, finance, investment, price, industry, regional, science and technology policies and environmental protection policies, and form a policy synergy to promote green and low-carbon development.

(5) Strengthen the unified supervision of ecological protection and restoration as a breakthrough point to improve the diversity, stability and sustainability of ecosystems.Ecological protection and pollution prevention and control are inseparable, interact with each other and synergize. In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always had "zero tolerance" for ecological damage, and in recent years, he has successively made important instructions and instructions on typical cases such as ecological destruction in the Qilian Mountains in Gansu, illegal villas in the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, illegal mining in Muli mining area in Qinghai, illegal land reclamation in Hainan, and illegal construction along the Dianchi Lake in Yunnan. In 2018, one of the main considerations for the Party Central Committee to decide to establish the Ministry of Ecology and Environment was to strengthen unified supervision over ecological protection and restoration, and resolutely adhere to the red line of ecological protection.

It is necessary to earnestly fulfill the unified external supervision responsibilities of ecological protection and restoration, continue to improve the regulatory system, improve the supervision capacity, and implement independent and effective supervision of owners, developers and even regulators, so as to be good ecological guardians. It is necessary to focus on national key ecological function zones, ecological protection red lines, and nature reserves, strengthen the supervision and law enforcement of the protection of important ecological spaces, carry out investigation and evaluation of ecological conditions and the evaluation of the effectiveness of ecological protection and restoration, and urge relevant parties to respect and conform to nature through the implementation of effective supervision, reasonably arrange natural resource development and utilization activities, important ecological construction and ecological restoration work, adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, and comprehensively use natural restoration and artificial restoration methods. Implement policies by zoning and classification, adhere to the principle of natural restoration, and find the best solution for ecological protection and restoration. In particular, it is necessary to resolutely put an end to problems such as formalism in ecological restoration and the destruction of ecology in the name of ecological construction.

(6) Adhere to the principle of paying equal attention to incentives and constraints, and enhance the endogenous motivation of all parties to protect the ecological environment.At present, the high incidence of ecological and environmental violations in China has been curbed to a certain extent, but serious violations such as fraud still occur. The reason for this is the lack of effective supervision, as well as the lack of endogenous motivation for enterprises and other responsible entities to comply with environmental protection laws and regulations. To fundamentally solve this problem, we must achieve organic unity inside and outside, not only to adopt restrictive means, adhere to the use of, consolidate and expand strong supervision, strict law enforcement, serious accountability and other practices, to maintain normalized external pressure, but also to take incentive measures, constantly innovate systems and mechanisms, and stimulate the endogenous power of different subjects to protect the ecological environment.

While strictly implementing the laws and regulations of the ecological environment, we should optimize the way of supervision and law enforcement, use digital and intelligent means to increase supervision, strengthen assistance to enterprises, send policies, technologies and services, serve in supervision, and help solve the difficulties and problems encountered in pollution control. It is necessary to further improve the market-oriented allocation system of resources and environmental elements such as pollutant discharge rights, accelerate the construction of an environmental protection credit supervision system, make good use of green fiscal, tax, financial, price and other policies, promote the implementation of systems such as the realization of the value of ecological products, ecological compensation, and compensation for ecological and environmental damage, integrate interests into responsibilities, realize the two-way transformation of responsibilities and interests, and truly benefit law-abiding people, protectors, and contributors. It is necessary to vigorously promote the concept of ecological civilization, advocate a simple and moderate, green and low-carbon, civilized and healthy life concept and consumption mode, and promote the formation of a good social atmosphere in which everyone, everything, and always advocates ecological civilization.

3. Key tasks in 2024

2024 is a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan, as well as implementing the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection and comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China. The overall requirements of this year's ecological and environmental protection work are: guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, thoroughly implement the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, adhere to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability with progress, establishing first and then breaking down, highlighting precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law. Deepen reform and innovation, fight the battle of pollution prevention and control, accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the development mode, improve the stability and sustainability of ecosystem diversity, effectively safeguard national ecological security, continuously improve the modern environmental governance system, support high-quality development with high-level protection, and strive to build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony. Specifically, it is necessary to focus on the following tasks.

(1) Actively promote the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone

Implement the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China", establish an implementation system and implementation mechanism, and strengthen work scheduling and follow-up evaluation. Research and formulate the evaluation index system and assessment methods for the effectiveness of the construction of Beautiful China, so as to ensure a smooth transition and effective connection between the "15th Five-Year Plan" and the effectiveness assessment of pollution prevention and control. Carry out the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, promote the local practice of the construction of Beautiful China at different levels, focus on major regional strategies to create a green development highland, build beautiful cities and beautiful villages according to local conditions, continue to do a good job in the construction of beautiful rivers, lakes and bays, and cultivate beautiful cells such as ecological communities. Comprehensively carry out the preliminary research of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for ecological and environmental protection. Promote the codification of the ecological environment and the formulation of intra-party regulations related to the ecological environment, and provide legal and institutional guarantees for the construction of a beautiful China.

(2) Persistently fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control

Continue to fight the battle of blue sky in depth. Implement the Action Plan for Continuous Improvement of Air Quality, take PM2.5 control as the main line, and strengthen source control, coordinated control of multiple pollutants and coordinated management of regional pollution. Promote clean heating in the northern region in an orderly manner according to local conditions. Promote the ultra-low emission transformation of the steel, cement, and coking industries with high quality, and organize and implement the in-depth treatment of VOCs in the whole process of petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, packaging and printing industries. Carry out investigation and remediation of inefficient and ineffective air pollution control facilities. Solidly promote the pollution prevention and control action of diesel trucks, and realize the registration of environmental protection codes for non-road mobile machinery. Organize responses to heavily polluted weather, and gradually promote the full coverage of emergency emission reduction lists in all provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities). Deepen the joint prevention and control of air pollution in key areas such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, and strengthen differentiated control measures for the performance of heavily polluted weather. Actively and steadily do a good job in the control of straw burning, and increase the efforts to solve the problems of catering fumes, foul odors, and noise around the people. Continue to implement noise pollution prevention and control actions, promote cities at and above the prefecture level to clarify the supervision and management responsibilities of noise pollution prevention and control, and promote the construction of quiet communities. Strengthen environmental management of ozone-depleting substances and hydrofluorocarbons.

Continue to fight the battle of clear water in depth. Coordinate the management of water resources, water environment, and water ecology, and further promote the protection and management of major rivers and important lakes such as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Actively carry out pilot projects for water ecological monitoring, assessment and assessment in the Yangtze River basin, and further promote the control of total phosphorus pollution in the Yangtze River. Continue to promote the elimination of inferior Class V in the main tributaries of the Yellow River. Study and adjust the zoning of water functions. Organize and implement actions to improve the remediation of key sewage outlets, and deepen the remediation of water pollution in industrial parks. In-depth implementation of urban (including county) black and odorous water remediation actions, speed up the completion of urban domestic sewage collection and treatment facilities shortcomings. Research and formulate environmental quality standards for drinking water sources, strengthen environmental supervision of drinking water sources, and improve the level of drinking water safety and security. We will further promote the comprehensive treatment of key sea areas, strengthen the control and control of total nitrogen and other pollution in rivers entering the sea, and implement the comprehensive treatment of bays under the "one bay, one policy". Deepen the management of marine garbage, and coordinate the prevention and control of pollution in coastal waters, ecological protection and restoration, and environmental improvement of shores and beaches. Strengthen the construction of basic capacity such as marine ecological environment investigation and emergency response, and do a good job in integrating and applying the results of the third marine pollution baseline survey and the bay fine investigation.

Continue to fight the battle to defend the Pure Land. Adhere to prevention first, risk management and control, and water and soil co-governance, implement actions to prevent and control soil pollution sources, and accelerate the construction of major projects for source control. The county will promote the investigation and rectification of cultivated land soil pollution sources, and promote the protection of the ecological environment of black soil and saline-alkali land. Strictly manage the access to construction land for "one residence and two publics", and strengthen the control of soil pollution on plots vacated by closed and relocated enterprises. Deepen the construction of pilot areas for the prevention and control of soil pollution and pilot areas for the prevention and control of groundwater pollution, and carry out the delineation of key areas for the prevention and control of groundwater pollution in a steady and orderly manner. Strictly supervise the environment of key soil pollution supervision units and key pollutant discharge units for the prevention and control of groundwater pollution. We will further promote the improvement of the rural environment, and promote the treatment of rural domestic sewage in stages according to local conditions. Promote the standardization of the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure, strengthen the prevention and control of aquaculture pollution, and deepen the pilot project of agricultural non-point source pollution control and supervision and guidance.

Strengthen the treatment of solid waste and new pollutants. Promote the construction of "zero-waste cities" with high standards, and create a number of benchmarks for the construction of "zero-waste cities". Deepen the achievement of comprehensively banning the entry of "foreign garbage", promote the recycling of bulk solid waste, and increase the control of the whole chain of plastic pollution. Thoroughly implement the action plan for the treatment of new pollutants, and complete the mid-term assessment of the implementation of the plan. Comprehensively and thoroughly implement the environmental management registration system for new chemical substances, and carry out statistical investigation, risk assessment and control of environmental information on new pollutants. Deepen the reform of hazardous waste supervision and utilization and disposal capacity, accelerate the construction of hazardous waste "1+6+20" major projects, and optimize the pilot project of inter-provincial transfer and management of waste lead-acid batteries. Continue to implement heavy metal emission reduction projects. Promote key provinces to carry out in-depth investigation and treatment of thallium pollution hazards. Establish and improve the investigation and management of hidden dangers of tailings pond pollution and the classification and grading of tailings pond environmental supervision system.

(3) Actively promote green, low-carbon, and high-quality development

We will make every effort to support the continuous improvement of economic operation. Deepen policies and measures to support high-quality development of ecological and environmental services, and strengthen environmental impact assessment service guarantees for major investment projects on the basis of guarding the bottom line of ecological and environmental protection. Improve the zoning management and control system of the ecological environment, and fully implement the requirements of "three lines and one order". We will further promote collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction in cities and industrial parks. A number of measures have been introduced by the ecological environment department to promote the development of the private economy. Plan and promote the implementation of a number of major projects in the field of ecology and environment that cross regional river basins, land and sea co-ordination, and multi-element coordination. Vigorously promote the construction of a reserve bank for ecological and environmental protection financial support projects, and summarize and promote typical cases of EOD projects. Implement the pilot project of overall audit and innovation of cleaner production to promote the healthy development of the environmental protection industry.

Actively respond to climate change. The implementation of work related to carbon peak and carbon neutrality will be included in the central ecological and environmental protection inspection. Compile guidance on strengthening the construction of the national carbon trading market, improve the national carbon emission trading market, gradually expand the coverage of the industry, and plan to do a good job in the management of the third compliance cycle。 Establish and improve the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market。 Introduce regulations on the management of greenhouse gas emissions in the national carbon market, and strengthen the daily supervision of the quality of carbon market data. A national database of greenhouse gas emission factors has been basically completed. Promote the R&D, promotion and application of green and low-carbon technologies. Study the response to the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism. We will continue to deepen pilot projects for the construction of low-carbon cities and climate-resilient cities, and promote the construction of a standard system for climate investment and financing. Promote the implementation of the action plan for methane emission control.

(4) Increase the intensity of supervision and supervision of ecological protection and restoration

Strengthen unified supervision of ecological protection and restoration. Accelerate the construction of a system of protected areas with national parks as the main body, continue to strengthen the supervision of "Green Shield" nature reserves, and strengthen the investigation and rectification of ecological damage. Continue to carry out surveys and evaluations of the ecological status of key areas and the effectiveness of ecological and environmental protection in national nature reserves, and organize and carry out supervision and evaluation of ecological protection and restoration projects such as remote sensing monitoring of human activities in nature reserves, ecological protection redlines, and comprehensive prevention and control of desertification. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the ecological effectiveness evaluation of 25 ecological protection and restoration projects of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses was completed. Improve the standards for the demonstration and creation of ecological civilization, revise and publish management procedures and indicator systems, and carry out the construction of a new batch of demonstration areas for ecological civilization construction and the construction of practice and innovation bases for "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets".

Strengthen biodiversity conservation. Fully implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, further promote the Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation in China (2023-2030), guide local governments to formulate and revise regional biodiversity conservation strategies and action plans, promote the implementation of major biodiversity conservation projects, and promote biodiversity conservation priority areas and ecosystems in key areas. Survey of key species and important biological genetic resources, accelerate the construction of biodiversity monitoring systems, and improve the basic guarantee capacity of biodiversity conservation.

Strengthen the prevention of ecological security risks. Research and establish an ecological security risk inventory ledger, organize research in different fields to build an ecological security risk monitoring and early warning index system, carry out special research on ecological security in key areas and river basins, and do a good job in major risk assessment and judgment, monitoring and early warning, emergency response and disposal.

(5) Ensuring nuclear and radiation safety

Promote the establishment of a modern nuclear safety supervision system. We will continue to improve the nuclear safety supervision system and capabilities, and strengthen forward-looking analysis of the situation, risk early warning and presetting, and rectification of potential safety hazards. Research and establish multi-dimensional performance indicators for nuclear power plants, and organize research on the list of negative behaviors of operators of civilian nuclear facilities. Initiate the implementation of key special scientific research work on nuclear safety. Promote the construction of a national nuclear and radiation safety supervision technology research and development base, do a good job in the operation and management of the national radiation environment monitoring network, and improve the level of regulatory informatization and digitalization. Strengthen the construction of nuclear safety culture and deepen the reform of the nuclear and radiation safety supervision and training system.

Strict nuclear and radiation safety supervision. Strengthen the daily supervision of nuclear power plants and research reactors, and strengthen the nuclear safety supervision of the first new reactor. Carry out a special action to comprehensively strengthen the management of nuclear safety in the nuclear power industry. Promote the effective solution of the safety of water intake in nuclear power plants. Strengthen the supervision of the operation and environmental supervision of nuclear fuel cycle facilities, carry out a series of special actions to investigate the hidden dangers of the ecological environment such as the transportation of radioactive materials, strengthen the decommissioning and management of key nuclear facilities, coordinate the supervision of traditional high-risk projects and emerging projects such as magnetic confinement fusion, and optimize the radiation safety supervision mode of medical institutions. Organize and carry out a pilot survey of the current situation of the regional electromagnetic environment, and study and build an electromagnetic environment quality index system and management system. Continue to standardize the licensing of civil nuclear safety equipment and supervise and enforce the law. Accelerate the implementation of major projects for emergency capacity building for radiation environment monitoring.

(6) Strengthen ecological and environmental supervision and law enforcement and risk prevention

Further promote the central ecological and environmental protection inspection. Carry out the third round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections, and coordinate river basin inspections in provincial inspections. Solidly promote the rectification of inspectors, strengthen scheduling supervision and spot checks, and promote the formation of a closed loop of management. Further improve the supervision system and norms.

Continue to improve the efficiency of ecological and environmental supervision and law enforcement. Intensify the supervision and assistance of air quality improvement in key areas and strengthen supervision as a whole, solidly promote the completion of traceability and rectification of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Bohai Sea, the Chishui River Basin, the upper reaches of the Han River and the Danjiangkou reservoir area, jointly crack down on environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste and the falsification of automatic monitoring data of key pollutant discharge units, and seriously investigate and deal with the fraud and illegal acts of third-party environmental protection service agencies such as environmental impact assessment and monitoring. Improve the ecological and environmental administrative punishment system, increase the supervision and law enforcement of pollutant discharge permits, strengthen off-site law enforcement methods, carry out law enforcement inspections, and strengthen the construction of law enforcement teams.

Strengthen the prevention and control of environmental risks and the emergency response to environmental incidents. Improve the national environmental emergency responsibility system, and establish and improve the emergency preparedness and response system. Promote the full coverage of the compilation of "one river, one policy and one map" for key rivers, and promote the pilot work of "one park, one policy and one map" in chemical parks in batches. Steadily carry out the pilot project of intelligent management of environmental emergency material reserves. Deepen training in environmental emergency drills, optimize the environmental emergency monitoring mechanism, and strive to improve the environmental emergency response capacity at the grassroots level. Strengthen environmental emergency response and information reporting, and promptly and properly handle all kinds of environmental emergencies. Continue to do a good job in the prevention and resolution of "nimby avoidance" problems related to environmental protection projects.

(7) Vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of ecology and environment

Compile and publish guidance on strengthening scientific and technological innovation in the field of ecology and environment to promote the construction of a beautiful China. It is planned to condense the major scientific and technological needs in the field of ecological environment, organize the implementation of major special projects for comprehensive environmental management in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, strengthen the construction of ecological environmental science and technology platforms, build strategic scientific and technological forces in the field of ecological environment, and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in ecological environment. Deepen and expand environmental health management pilots. Establish a national environmental benchmark system, continue to promote the construction of a national environmental benchmark database, and promote local pilot applications of environmental benchmarks. Carry out scientific research and investigation of the ocean-going ecological environment, and study and promote scientific research on the polar environment. We will continue to deepen integrated government services and cross-departmental comprehensive supervision, expand the application of digital technologies, strengthen data security protection, and accelerate the construction of a green and smart digital ecological civilization.

(8) Accelerate the improvement of the modern environmental governance system

Deepen the reform of the ecological environment. Continue to deepen the reform of the vertical management system of monitoring, supervision and law enforcement of ecological and environmental institutions below the provincial level, and the reform of comprehensive administrative law enforcement of ecological and environmental protection. Fully implement the "one-certificate" management of pollutant discharge permits. Deepen the reform of ecological and environmental statistics, and accelerate the effective connection between emission source statistics and pollutant discharge permits. Summarize the pilot work of paid use and trading of emission rights, and further deepen the reform of the emission rights trading system. Coordinate and promote the work of compensation for ecological and environmental damages. Improve the compensation system for ecological protection. Promote and improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products. Deepen the reform of the system of environmental information disclosure in accordance with the law, and accelerate the construction of an environmental protection credit supervision system.

Improve ecological and environmental regulations, policies and standards. Actively promote the formulation of regulations on ecological and environmental monitoring, as well as the formulation and revision of the Marine Environmental Protection Law and the Regulations on the Management of Ozone Depleting Substances. Strengthen the management of ecological and environmental standards, pay close attention to the formulation and revision of pollutant emission standards for key industries such as pesticides, starch, petrochemicals, uranium mining and metallurgy, and study and start the formulation of "national seven" emission standards for motor vehicles.

Accelerate the establishment of a modern ecological environment monitoring system. The "15th Five-Year Plan" national ecological environment monitoring network optimization and adjustment will be launched, and the construction of an integrated monitoring network for sky, ground and sea will be promoted. Strengthen the monitoring of atmospheric particulate matter components and volatile organic compounds, and strengthen the monitoring of the health status of typical marine ecosystems such as mangroves. Accelerate the establishment of a national ecological quality monitoring network, and complete the construction of automatic monitoring stations for urban acoustic environment functional areas at and above the prefecture level. Continue to improve the ability of remote sensing to actively discover ecological and environmental problems. Optimize the ranking of surface water and ambient air quality, and deepen the pilot of water ecological surveys, new pollutant monitoring, and carbon monitoring and evaluation. Organize and carry out the 3rd National Ecological Environment Monitoring Professional and Technical Personnel Competition.

Promote national action on ecological and environmental protection. We will do a good job in routine press releases, and do a good job in organizing activities such as the National Main Day of the Sixth Five-Year Environment Day, the National Low Carbon Day, and the International Day for Biological Diversity. We will continue to carry out a series of activities called "Beautiful China, I am an Actor", deepen the opening of environmental protection facilities to the public, and promote ecological and environmental volunteer services. Continue to promote the governance of repetitive petitions and resolve the backlog of petitions.

Deepen international cooperation in the field of ecology and environment. We will steadily carry out dialogue and cooperation on environment and climate change with key countries and international organizations, participate constructively in the negotiations on international environmental conventions and important international environmental processes, and promote the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) to achieve positive results. Promote the green development of the Belt and Road Initiative, implement capacity-building projects such as the Green Silk Road Envoy Program and the Belt and Road Ecological and Environmental Protection Talent Exchange Program, and support the development of the Belt and Road International Green Development Alliance. Deepen South-South cooperation on climate change. The 2024 annual meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development will be held.

Continue to forge an iron army of ecological and environmental protection. Consolidate and deepen the study and implementation of the educational achievements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and comprehensively strengthen the building of the Party in government organs We will further promote the research, publicity and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and hold seminars and a series of special seminars on in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. We will unswervingly govern the party strictly in an all-round way, continue to strengthen the construction of ecological and environmental cadres, and promote the in-depth development of the party's work style and clean government and the fight against corruption.

Comrades, let us unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, forge ahead, overcome difficulties, do a better job in ecological and environmental protection with more enthusiasm, make every effort to complete the annual goals and tasks, and make new and greater contributions to the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature in an all-round way with the construction of a beautiful China!