Recently, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Natural Resources announced the competitive selection results of the 2023 demonstration project of ecological restoration of abandoned mines left over from history, and 34 projects nationwide participated in the evaluation and decided to support 18 demonstration projects. Hebei Province's "Zhangjiakou Capital'Two Districts' Construction Demonstration Project of Ecological Restoration of Abandoned Mines Left over from History" was successfully selected and will receive a central award and subsidy fund of 300 million yuan.
The demonstration project aims to ensure the construction of "two districts" in the capital. In view of the problems such as the decline of water conservation capacity and more hidden geological hazards in the project area, 475 abandoned mines left over from history in 8 counties and districts of Zhangjiakou City have been treated and restored with an area of 11.29 square kilometers. The project follows the principle of "ecological priority, overall consideration, zoning management, one mine and one policy", and constructs the ecological restoration layout of "one screen, one corridor and two districts". "One screen" refers to the ecological barrier area in the northwest of Zhangjiakou Bashang, where 9 mines are restored; "one corridor" refers to the ecological corridor of Yanghe River, where 225 mines are restored; "two areas" refer to the water conservation areas of Sanggan River and Baihe River, where 173 and 68 mines are restored respectively. The competitive selection of ecological restoration demonstration projects of abandoned mines left over from history in
2023 was organized by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Natural Resources, aiming at selecting a number of projects with advanced restoration concepts, good working foundation, strong typical representativeness and replication and promotion value through self-declaration and competitive evaluation.
In order to promote the project construction with high standards, the Provincial Department of Natural Resources and the Provincial Department of Finance will set up special working classes, on the one hand, actively raise provincial funds to support, on the other hand, strengthen the business guidance, supervision and inspection of Zhangjiakou City, focus on exploring and innovating in technical path, governance model and performance management, and create high-quality projects and demonstration models. To provide important support for the construction of the "two districts" in the capital.