Special action for investigation and control of sewage outlets in the Yellow River Basin launched

    On March 26, the Ministry of ecology and environment launched the special action of investigation and regulation of sewage outlets in the Yellow River Basin by video, deploying the work of investigation and regulation of sewage outlets in the Yellow River Basin. Zhai Qing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of ecological environment, attended the kick-off meeting and delivered a speech.

    The meeting pointed out that general secretary Xi Jinping attached great importance to the protection of the ecological environment in the the Yellow River River Basin, and made important instructions and instructions for many times. He stressed the need to adhere to the comprehensive management, system management and source treatment of the lake and grass in the mountains and rivers. It is a concrete practice to thoroughly carry out Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization and carry out the investigation and rectification of the sewage outlets into the river. It is an important measure to promote pollution control and improve the water ecological environment from the source, and is a key basic work to promote the protection of the ecological environment in the the Yellow River River Basin.

    The meeting stressed that the Yellow River Basin has made positive progress in ecological and environmental protection, but the task of ecological and environmental governance is still arduous and arduous, and all work must be carried out in a down-to-earth manner. Since 2019, the Ministry of ecological environment has successively carried out the investigation and regulation of sewage outlets in the Yangtze River and Bohai Sea and the pilot investigation of sewage outlets in the Yellow River, which has laid a foundation and accumulated experience for the investigation and regulation of the whole Yellow River Basin. In the investigation and regulation of the Yellow River sewage outlets, we should further improve the political position, and the local governments at all levels should firmly shoulder the main responsibility of the investigation and regulation of the sewage outlets; we should carefully organize the implementation of the investigation, so as to make sure that all the outlets should be investigated, so as to realize the "one account" and "one map" of the sewage outlets in the whole basin; we should continue to strengthen the technical assistance, let the experts go deep into the front line, and provide technical guidance; We should strictly abide by work discipline and do a good job in epidemic prevention and control.

    The meeting made it clear that the scope of the investigation and regulation was determined as the main stream of the Yellow River (from the source of Qinghai River to Shandong estuary) and important tributaries such as Weihe River, Fenhe River and Huangshui River, involving 54 cities (prefectures and leagues) in 9 provinces (autonomous regions) of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. The total length of the investigation shoreline (shoreline on both sides) was 19000 km and covered 1 square meter on both sides of the river bank The inner area. At the same time, considering the differences between the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin, the Ministry of ecological environment will orderly promote the "investigation, monitoring, traceability and remediation" of sewage outlets. It is planned to complete the investigation of the whole basin in two years, and basically complete the treatment of sewage outlets by the end of 2025. Through investigation and regulation, a big data system of sewage outlets in the Yellow River basin with functions of storage, management, query, statistics, analysis and sharing will be built to improve the efficiency and level of ecological environment supervision in the Yellow River Basin.

    Relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of ecological environment, responsible comrades of ecological environment departments of Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and other provinces and autonomous regions, people's governments and ecological environment bureaus of relevant cities (prefectures and leagues) attended the meeting.