Striving to build a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature - a record of the construction of ecological civilization in Ordos City in 2023

In 2023, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Ordos Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully implement the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his visit to Inner Mongolia and the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological Environmental Protection, focus on the two major events of "five major tasks" and "all-round construction of a model autonomous region" handed over to Inner Mongolia by General Secretary Xi Jinping, anchor the "three four" goals, and go all out to break new paths. In the forefront, a lot of fruitful work has been done. We invite you to share these wonderful chapters.

1、Resolutely adhere to the construction of ecological civilization, the lifeline of rapid, stable and healthy economic and social development.

The Ordos Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have always kept in mind the importance of "building an important ecological security barrier in northern China", and unswervingly followed the path of ecological priority and green development. In 2023, we will fully implement the decisions and deployments of the central government and the autonomous region, and successively issue the "Implementation Plan for Ordos City to Build a National Ecological Governance Model", "Ordos City Implements the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Instructions to Fight the "Several Bends" of the Yellow River for Comprehensive Desertification Prevention and Control", and "Implementation Plan for Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful "Warm City", etc., to refine the specific tasks of ecological civilization construction in various industries and fields. It plans to implement 234 key projects with a total investment of more than 10 million yuan for the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, with a total investment of 271.5 billion yuan, and comprehensively launches the landmark projects of the Yellow River, such as the "photovoltaic Great Wall" in the Kubuqi Desert and the border forest belt on the northern edge of Kubuqi. On February 15, the city's construction of a national ecological governance model, in-depth fight against pollution prevention and control and the promotion of the Yellow River Basin ecological protection and high-quality development leading group meeting was held. The meeting emphasized that doing a good job in the construction of ecological civilization is the mission, the need for development, the expectation of people's livelihood, the urgency to catch up and surpass, and the direction of the future. All localities and departments should stand at a new starting point, deeply understand the great significance of the construction of ecological civilization, draw inferences from one another, do a good job in rectifying all kinds of inspections and inspections, unannounced visits and exposures, build a model of national ecological governance with the attitude of a pioneer, and polish the business card of beautiful Ordos. On August 28, the city's "100-day attack" special action for pollution prevention and control was officially launched, focusing on promoting the rectification of outstanding ecological and environmental problems, and further strengthening the joint efforts of ecological and environmental protection in all banner districts and departments. The Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have listed the ecological and environmental protection inspectors of the central and autonomous regions and the rectification of the feedback problems of the national Yellow River Basin warning film, the comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment in Wuhai and the surrounding areas, and the prevention and control of air pollution as important topics, and mainly lead the normalization of research, supervision and promotion.

2、The first battle to achieve the "three four" goals was successful.

On October 27, 2023, Ordos City was awarded the "National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone", taking the lead in completing the core goal of "Building a National Ecological Governance Model". For decades, the people of Ordos have been promoting ecological and environmental governance, completing 79.8 million mu of forestry ecological construction and conserving more than 24 billion cubic meters of water sources, sounding the clarion call for winning the battle of "several bends" in the Yellow River; the treatment rate of the Mu Us Sandy Land and the Kubuqi Desert has reached 72.8% and 25.9% respectively, contributing "Chinese wisdom" to global desertification control; the battle against pollution has been carried out in a solid manner, providing an "Ordos model" for the national ecological and environmental protection, and the "Ten Great Holes" have been focused on Soil erosion has been treated with an area of 36,400 square kilometers, making outstanding contributions to ensuring the ecological security of the Yellow River, focusing on building 18 emerging industrial chains such as "wind, solar, hydrogen storage vehicles" new energy industrial clusters and fine chemicals, and creating the world's first zero-carbon industrial park, guiding the direction of urban green transformation and development. These efforts have laid a solid foundation for the establishment of a national demonstration city for the construction of ecological civilization. The zero-carbon industrial park was selected as a green and low-carbon typical case by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in 2022, the "2022-2023 Global Trend Case" by the Global Network and the "Top Ten Green Development Cases in 2022" by the Beijing News, won the COP28 Energy Transition Changemaker Award, Wuding River (Ordos Section) was selected as an excellent case of beautiful rivers and lakes in the country, and Wushen Banner and Hangjin Banner were awarded the "Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone" at the autonomous region level The Zhungeer Banner Zhunneng Ecological Demonstration Zone was named the autonomous region-level "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" practice and innovation base.

3、Remarkable results have been achieved in the battle against pollution.

In 2023, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government will arrange and deploy 1,476 annual pollution prevention and control tasks, and continue to promote the defense of blue sky, clear water and pure land to achieve better results. The city's 638 powdery material storage yards have all been fully enclosed, 89 units of 18.98 million kilowatts of thermal power units have all completed ultra-low emission transformation, 8 autonomous region-level industrial parks have collected and treated all production and domestic wastewater, and 78 tasks of comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment in the Mengxi area of Qipanjing have been completed, taking the lead in introducing the "five bases" nationwide The three-dimensional monitoring system of the atmospheric environment and the environmental steward service have provided strong support for the governance of the regional ecological environment, and the successful experience has been gradually promoted to other flag areas; all 32 coal chemical enterprises have achieved zero discharge of high-salt water and salt crystallization of production wastewater, carried out ecological and environmental compensation for surface water in the basin, high-salt water of production wastewater in the coal chemical industry, and reclaimed water in urban sewage treatment plants, with a total allocation of 29.27 million yuan, and completed a total of 435 rural domestic sewage treatment tasks, with a treatment rate of 59% The general industrial solid waste management has achieved information supervision, the supervision of hazardous waste business units and waste production units has been fully covered, and the "mud does not land" treatment process has been implemented first, and the pollutants generated by the natural gas exploitation industry have been effectively controlled. All work targets for the year have been completed. The remarkable results achieved in the battle of pollution prevention and control in Ordos have benefited from the fact that since the launch of the pollution prevention and control battle in 2018, it has taken the lead in establishing the "six long-term mechanisms for ecological protection" with the implementation plan as the general outline, the task list to grasp the implementation, the quantitative assessment to clarify rewards and punishments, the thunder to cut pollution and strong deterrence, the scientific and technological means as the support, and the system and regulations to cover the bottom line, so far a total of more than 50 billion yuan has been invested, more than 7,000 key tasks have been implemented, and the quality of the city's ecological environment has continued to improve. At present, the city's excellent air quality rate has reached 94.9% after removing sand and dust, the PM2.5 concentration has dropped from 28 μg/m3 to 20 μg/m3 when the monitoring was started, and the average concentration of six pollutants is better than the national air quality secondary standard, and there has never been heavy pollution weather, and the water quality of 21 state-controlled sections has all reached the standard, with an excellent rate of 90.5% The water quality of the Ulan Mulun River has been improved from Class V to Class III in 2018, and there are no black and odorous water bodies in the city, and the safe utilization rate of key construction land and polluted cultivated land has remained at 100%.

4We will build an important ecological security barrier in northern China and make solid progress in the construction of a beautiful "warm city".

Focus on the primary task of the "five major tasks" given to Inner Mongolia by General Secretary Xi Jinping, coordinate the battle against desertification in the bends of the Yellow River, and solidly promote the construction of the green defense line of Ordos, an important ecological barrier in northern China. In 2023, 4.45 million mu of forest and grass ecological construction will be completed, 3.66 million mu of desertified land will be treated, 220.53 square kilometers of small watershed will be comprehensively treated, 35 square kilometers of soil erosion will be controlled, the soil and water conservation rate will be 61%, and 22,024 mu of idle land will be disposed of. After deducting the consumption of raw materials and renewable energy, the city's energy consumption per unit of GDP decreased by 3.1%. Promote the construction of a beautiful "warm city" with the responsibility of demonstration and competition, deeply implement the "five beautiful co-construction" of green economy, beautiful environment, harmonious ecology, beautiful urban and rural areas, and happiness and safety, carry out the "five major actions" of green and low-carbon transformation, pollution prevention and control, ecosystem restoration, urban and rural construction in harmony with the United States, and ecological security protection, and create the "four pilot demonstration areas" of ecological construction pilot area, sustainable development agenda innovation demonstration zone, green transformation and development innovation zone, and green and rich Tongxing leading area. The overall situation of the whole region is colorful. The green fields are evergreen, the wind and sand are calm, the Yellow River is peaceful, the green water flows for a long time, the sky is blue and the clouds are light, the sky is clear and clear, the beautiful picture of the mountains and rivers is victorious, and the pure land is safe and healthy.

5、The construction of national demonstration and pilot projects is in full bloom.

Firmly grasping General Secretary Xi Jinping's proposal that "we should take the realization of synergy in pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the general grasp of promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development", the municipal level and the two development zones of Etoke and Sulige formed the "One Belt and Two" wild goose array model, systematically planned and conceived as a whole, and was successfully selected as the first batch of national pilot cities and industrial parks for collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction on December 22, 2023, promoting the in-depth development of the city's pollution reduction and carbon reduction synergy. This is another outstanding achievement of the city's exploration and innovation in the field of ecological environment, and in recent years, a series of national demonstration pilots have blossomed in Ordos. In September 2021, it was selected as a pilot city for national carbon monitoring and evaluation, and has formed an urban carbon monitoring network system of "integration of heaven and earth, coordination between upper and lower levels", with a total of about 180,000 carbon emission monitoring data obtained, helping the city to take the road of high-quality development under the "double carbon" goal. In November 2021, it was selected as a national groundwater pollution prevention and control pilot area, and has completed the demarcation of key areas for groundwater pollution prevention and control and the investigation of the surrounding environmental conditions of state-controlled assessment points, formed corresponding supporting management methods, and explored and formed groundwater pollution prevention and control models and management systems that will provide experience for the national groundwater pollution prevention and control. In April 2022, our city was successfully included in the list of "zero-waste cities" during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, with a total of 31 key projects completed and put into operation, with an investment of 5.589 billion yuan, 107 "zero-waste cells" created, and an intelligent solid waste management platform and an industrial solid waste characteristic attribute database were established, gradually transforming the urban development model, and effectively promoting the source reduction and resource utilization of solid waste. In December 2022, it was selected as one of the first batch of regional pilot cities for reclaimed water recycling in China. Yijin Horoqi, Wushenqi and other places have preliminarily formed a coal mine draining water recycling model, and gradually build a regional reclaimed water recycling system with "urban drainage-regeneration treatment-recycling" as the core. In May 2023, the statistics of the concentration area and area of noise-sensitive buildings in Kangbashi District have been completed to effectively control noise pollution and improve the level of environmental noise management.

6、National-level and autonomous region-level activities and forums are colorful.

In 2023, Ordos will participate in the grand event with the theme of green, and host many national and international forums and conferences, where leaders and guests from all over the world feel the temperature of the "warm city" and "like" one after another. On June 5th, the main event sub-venue of the National Sixth Five-Year Environment Day and the main venue of the Sixth Five-Year Environment Day of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were held in our city, through multi-dimensional and multi-perspective, vividly showing the effectiveness of the construction of ecological civilization and ecological environmental protection in the whole region, the public, enterprises and environmental protection organizations have participated in it, and the concept of "everyone builds and everyone shares" is increasingly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. On July 27-28, the region's "zero-waste city" construction work promotion meeting was successfully held in our city, the meeting held the launching ceremony of the key scientific and technological research and development project of Ordos "zero-waste city", the city's first batch of "zero-waste cells" awarding ceremony, and the unveiling of the "Ordos Solid Waste Research Institute", forming a series of achievements for the construction of the "zero-waste city" in the whole region to enrich the connotation, and was fully affirmed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Autonomous Region Department of Ecology and Environment. On August 30th, the first independent China Ecological Literature Forum was grandly opened in our city, which brought together writers, scholars and representatives from local ecological and environmental departments who have long been concerned about and supported the development of China's ecological literature, and established the "Inner Mongolia Ecological Literature Creation Base" in our city, effectively promoting the prosperity and development of ecological culture, and contributing more extensive and lasting spiritual power to the construction of a beautiful China. Celebrities and famous scholars from all walks of life came to tell vivid stories about the construction of ecological civilization in Ordos.

7、"The story of Ordos where lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" has been widely disseminated.

In 2023, with the "Ordos story of lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", we will set foot footsteps all over the country, Beijing, Chongqing, Changsha, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Guiyang...... We have been invited to participate in a number of global and national forums and conferences to discuss the idea of ecological civilization. At the seminar on in-depth study and Xi implementation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, our city delivered a keynote speech entitled "Building a Beautiful China and Building an Ecological Warm City" at the parallel sub-forum of "Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China", and the image of "Warm City" Ordos as an "ecological city, green city, and vibrant city" has received widespread attention at the meeting; Deeply implement Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought and accelerate the construction of a national ecological governance model", and issued an invitation to the world to "warm the city". Ordos's experience in ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection has been recognized by all sectors of society at the Academic Conference on Groundwater Pollution Prevention and Control Technology and Methods, the National Experience Exchange Conference on Groundwater Pollution Prevention and Control Pilot Zones, and the Annual Academic Conference on China's Environmental Strategy and Policy. On November 30, we successfully brought the story of Ordos' green development abroad, and at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), we were invited to Dubai, the host country, to share our valuable experience in promoting green and low-carbon urban development at the China Corner side event on "China's Policies and Actions on Climate Change" and the roundtable dialogue on the theme of "Transformation in Progress: Competing for a New Green and Low-Carbon Track". Tian Chengchuan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Publicity and Education Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, mentioned Ordos many times in his speech to the guests and media from various countries, and fully affirmed the low-carbon transformation of Ordos and the construction of beautiful Ordos. Peng Yijie, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ant Group and Vice Chairman of Ant Forest Foundation, also praised Ordos' efforts in desertification prevention and mitigation and climate change in his speech.

8、The flower of ecological civilization is blooming brilliantly.

51 pieces of information on the highlights of ecological civilization construction were released, and 63 articles were adopted by major media such as People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, Xinhuanet, People's Daily Online, Xue Xi Power, CCTV, China Environment News, etc., fully demonstrating the effectiveness of the city's ecological civilization construction and pollution prevention and control. With the theme of different aspects of Ordos, such as sky, desert, grassland, rivers and lakes, biodiversity, pollution prevention and control, the promotional documentary "Ordos Series Stories of Lucid Water and Lush Mountains are Gold and Silver Mountains" was filmed, and the overture of the documentary was pushed to Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily Online, Pentium Financial Media and Warm News Platform, focusing on showing the beauty of Ordos' ecological environment. From October 9 to 12, 2023, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment organized well-known experts and scholars from the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, the China Reportage Society and many media reporters to carry out the "Carbon" Road China: Ecological and Cultural Visit to our city, to gain an in-depth understanding of the development of photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage and other industries, and to explore the stories of harmonious coexistence between people and nature in Ordos, which have been widely publicized in Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China News Service, People's Daily Online, China Environment News and other media. On December 25, 2023, CCTV's "Focus Interview" program summarized the achievements of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 and China's contribution to the wisdom of climate change, and reported in detail the story of Ordos "planting the sun" in the desert by combining light resources and desert governance as a typical case of China's promotion of green transformation of energy structure.

9、The construction of the rule of law in the ecological environment has been fruitful.

On July 1, 2023, the "Ordos City Natural Gas Development Ecological Environmental Protection Regulations" was officially implemented, which is the following the "Ordos City Environmental Protection Regulations", "Ordos City Air Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations", "Ordos City Rural and Pastoral Area Human Settlements Environment Governance Regulations", "Ordos City Centralized Drinking Water Source Protection Regulations" and "Ordos City Green Mine Construction Management Regulations" issued since the city obtained legislative power in 2015 After the sixth local regulation in the field of ecology and environment, the construction of the rule of law in ecological environmental protection has blossomed and borne fruit. In 2023, the "Thunder Pollution" ecological environment special law enforcement action will continue to be carried out, with a total of 9,645 law enforcement officers dispatched throughout the year, 4,723 enterprises inspected, 1,315 problems found by Thunder, 1,239 rectifications have been completed, 373 cases of various ecological and environmental violations will be investigated and dealt with, 586 third-party environmental protection agencies will be inspected, and 6 fraudulent behaviors will be found, all of which will be investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law. Since the action was launched in 2018, it has focused on 87 specific contents in 14 aspects, such as water, gas, soil and solid waste pollution prevention and control, inspector feedback, carbon emission data quality, and conflict resolution in the field of ecological environment, and carried out "carpet" inspections without dead ends in 9 flag areas and 10 industrial parks.

10、The business environment in the field of ecological environment continues to be optimized.

Efforts have been made to create a "ecology + business" double excellent environment, and the "urban ecological environment index" has ranked first in the region for three consecutive years in the business environment assessment of the autonomous region, and has helped the city's business environment assessment to achieve "three consecutive championships" with a single champion. The administrative examination and approval items and all other permitting matters in the field of ecology and environment are all settled in the hall, and the application materials, commitment time limits, and handling processes of all permits are refined and granular, the approval process is optimized in a reconstructive manner, the time limit for each node is clarified, and the review time for the EIA report and report form is compressed from the statutory 60 days and 30 days to 30 days and 15 days respectively. A centralized linkage approval team will be formed to provide "one-stop" services for enterprises in the flag area, and all 269 new major projects in the city will be approved and completed in 2023. Formulate and issue the "Implementation Measures for the Construction of Environmental Credit Evaluation System for Enterprises in Ordos City", and select 40 environmental integrity enterprises and 53 environmental protection enterprises. 53 enterprises on the positive list were identified, differentiated regulatory measures were implemented in accordance with the law, and law-abiding enterprises were "left undisturbed" and the positive incentive role was given full play.