Ministry of ecological environment: guide the optimization and adjustment of industrial layout of cities along the Grand Canal

How to protect and restore the ecological environment of the Grand Canal? Wan Jun, deputy director of the comprehensive Department of the Ministry of ecological environment, said at a press conference jointly held by the national development and Reform Commission and other departments that in terms of strengthening the protection and use control of ecological space, we will implement differentiated protection and management policies for the riverside ecological space within one kilometer and the core monitoring area within two kilometers on both sides of the Grand Canal, and guide the optimization and adjustment of urban industrial layout along the Grand Canal, Promote the formation of a new pattern of green regional development.

The ecological environment is an important basis for the cultural heritage, protection and utilization of the Grand Canal. Focusing on the main axis of the Grand Canal cultural belt, the Grand Canal ecological environment protection plan focuses on promoting the restoration of ecological function system and the continuous improvement of ecological environment quality, striving to build the grand canal into a beautiful green and livable canal with beautiful mountains and clear waters. The plan sets up a plan to strengthen the protection of ecological space and use control, and build a green canal The key tasks include corridor, protection and restoration of natural ecosystem, strengthening the prevention and control of river basin water pollution, preventing environmental risks, and promoting the modernization of environmental governance.

Wan Jun said that in terms of strengthening the protection and use control of ecological space, we should implement differentiated protection and management policies for the one kilometer riverside ecological space on both sides of the Grand Canal and the core monitoring area within two kilometers, guide the optimization and adjustment of urban industrial layout along the Grand Canal, and promote the formation of a new pattern of regional green development.

In the aspect of maintaining the systematicness of the ecological environment protection and restoration of the Grand Canal, the tasks of promoting the construction of riverside ecological barrier, waterfront ecological space, public green space and landscape corridor, as well as carrying out the comprehensive improvement of land space are clarified, so as to promote the construction of green ecological corridor of the Grand Canal as a whole.

In terms of protection and restoration of natural ecosystems, the plan covers forest, grass, rivers, lakes, wetlands and other ecosystems, as well as prevention and control of water resources protection, soil erosion, land desertification and biodiversity protection.

In the aspect of water ecological environment protection, we should plan as a whole the prevention of water resources, water environment, water ecology and environmental risks. In addition, based on the needs of the Grand Canal ecological environment protection and restoration, we should strengthen the source prevention, strengthen the monitoring, evaluation and management of the ecological environment, and strengthen the law enforcement mechanism and capacity construction of the ecological environment as the key direction of the next step of the modernization of the environmental governance of the Grand Canal cultural belt.