On January 30, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference in January. Sun Shouliang, Director of the General Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and Li Hongbing, Deputy Director of the General Office, attended the conference to introduce the progress of China's efforts to promote the construction of a beautiful China. Pei Xiaofei, spokesman of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, presided over the press conference, briefed on the recent progress of key work on ecological environment protection, and jointly answered questions from reporters.
Phoenix Satellite TV: Carrying out air supervision and assistance is an important measure to prevent and control air pollution in autumn and winter. What supervision and assistance measures has the Ministry of Ecology and Environment taken in this autumn and winter? What are the good practices? What are the next steps?
Pei Xiaofei: Thank you for your question. In the past 10 years, China's air quality has undergone historic changes, becoming the fastest improving country in the world. However, in autumn and winter, due to the increase of total emissions of major air pollutants and adverse meteorological conditions, heavy pollution weather will still occur frequently in some regions.
In order to do a good job in the prevention and control of air pollution in autumn and winter and effectively deal with heavy polluted weather, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has focused on key areas, highlighted the two tasks of "heavy polluted weather response and emission supervision up to the standard", and coordinated the work of "online and offline" battlefields. More than 9700 local law enforcement officers were mobilized, eight rounds of on-site and remote supervision and assistance on air pollution were carried out, more than 16000 enterprises were found to have problems, and more than 32000 gas-related environmental problems were solved.
One is on-site inspection to play a deterrent role. We selected the backbone of law enforcement and monitoring technology throughout the country, arranged two rounds of on-site supervision and assistance every month, and found that there were 425 problems in some enterprises, such as fraud, excessive emissions, illegal emissions, and inadequate implementation of emission reduction measures in heavily polluted weather. Among them, 537 violations of laws and regulations with serious nature and bad influence, such as interference with automatic monitoring, falsification of detection reports and falsification of account records, were handed over to the judiciary, 25 were held in administrative detention and 3 were held in criminal detention, thus maintaining the main tone of strict law enforcement.
The second is to push online and urge local inspection. Through remote push identification clues, it guided local self-examination to find and solve more than 10000 environmental problems. Promote local governments to establish and improve the working mechanism of up-down linkage, and implement the main responsibility of ecological environment protection and environmental quality improvement step by step.
Third, make good use of technology to accurately identify problems. We use satellite remote sensing, air quality monitoring network, automatic monitoring of pollution sources, electricity monitoring and other technical means to integrate all kinds of data and information, build algorithm models, and accurately identify problem clues. At present, the accuracy of problem identification has reached more than 85%.
Supervision and assistance have played an important role in pollution reduction and environmental quality improvement. It is preliminarily estimated that supervision and assistance will promote pollutant emission reduction of about 393,000 tons in 2023.
In the next step, we will take the heavy pollution weather response as the top priority, continue to select business backbone to carry out on-site supervision and assistance, and urge the implementation of various measures. At the same time, we should keep a close eye on key industries and enterprises with high emission intensity and great contribution to pollution, urge enterprises to implement the main responsibility of pollution control, and improve the ability of pollution control and the level of compliance with emission standards.
China News Service: The synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction is an important task and measure to actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutralization. The National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection proposed that we should promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and carry out pilot projects of multi-field and multi-level collaborative innovation. What progress has been made in the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction? What are you going to do next?
Sun Shouliang: Thank you for your question. This question is crucial and quite hot. I understand that this is because as the battle against pollution continues to intensify, the quality of the ecological environment has improved to a key point from quantitative change to qualitative change. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made scientific guidance, emphasizing the need to maintain the strategic strength of ecological civilization construction and properly handle the "five major relationships"; emphasizing the need to achieve the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the main starting point to promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and to coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth. We should deeply grasp the characteristics of environmental pollutants and carbon emissions, reduce emissions through structural adjustment, technological innovation and co-governance, and give full play to the role of carbon reduction action in improving the quality of the ecological environment. At the same time, we should make use of the existing ecological environment system to promote low-carbon development, so that carbon reduction and pollution reduction complement each other and achieve the effect of "1 + 1 > 2". As
you mentioned just now, in July last year, the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection made a strategic plan to promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, calling for the pilot projects of multi-field and multi-level collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction. The Opinions on Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China in an All-round Way further clarifies the relevant measures and arrangements for the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction. These important deployments and requirements highlight the importance and urgency of this work. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with relevant departments and local governments, has made positive progress and achieved stage results by promoting the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction. There are mainly the following aspects:
The first is to form a work promotion pattern of departmental collaboration and coordination between the upper and lower levels. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other seven departments jointly issued the Implementation Plan of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction Synergy, which strengthens the coordination of objectives, regions, fields, tasks, policies and supervision. To formulate detailed implementation measures, clarify the responsible departments and expected results, and promote synergy in key areas such as industry, transportation, urban and rural construction, agriculture and ecological construction. At present, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have introduced synergistic work programs for pollution reduction and carbon reduction.
Second, the coordinated governance of pollution reduction and carbon reduction has been carried out in an all-round way and achieved remarkable results. It can be said that the breadth and depth of collaborative governance are constantly strengthening and expanding, and the coverage is becoming wider and wider. For example, we should vigorously promote the construction of large-scale wind power photovoltaic base projects, promote the green development of manufacturing industry, and increase the proportion of railway and water transport. For another example, we should accelerate the development of new energy vehicles and develop green buildings. For another example, we should promote the green transformation of the industry and implement the ultra-low emission transformation of steel, cement and coking industries. Especially in the field of ecological environment, relying on the existing ecological environment management system, we should promote energy saving, consumption reduction and resource utilization of sewage treatment, optimize the technical route of soil pollution remediation, encourage green and low-carbon remediation, organize and compile a list of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, and condense the major scientific and technological needs of pollution reduction and carbon reduction. We will carry out carbon monitoring and assessment, promote coordinated management of fixed emission sources, and integrate supervision and law enforcement. Through a series of comprehensive measures, the effect of collaborative governance is emerging. According to comprehensive estimates, in the ten years from 2013 to 2022, while the emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides decreased by 85% and 60% respectively, the intensity of carbon emissions decreased by 34.4%, and the synergistic effect has been well confirmed.
Third, the atmosphere of reform and exploration, first trial and collaborative innovation has become increasingly strong. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment supports Zhejiang to build a collaborative innovation zone for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and actively explores the collaborative governance model. Zhejiang has carried out innovative pilot projects in 6 districts, 17 counties and 38 parks in the province, and has achieved a number of replicable and popularizable practical results. Last year, Zhejiang integrated the concept and measures of pollution reduction and carbon reduction synergy into the design and construction of Hangzhou Asian Games venues. All venues and office space were 100% green power supply. More than 2,000 service vehicles were new energy vehicles, and the recycling rate of materials reached 50%. "Green Asian Games" became a beautiful business card.
In the next step, we will closely focus on the main line of promoting the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, comprehensively carry out multi-field and multi-level collaborative innovation of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, support several beautiful landmark battles, and lay a solid foundation for the construction of a beautiful China. Key points: First, focus on the coordination of objectives, tasks, regions, policies and regulations, and explore the long-term mechanism of coordinated management of pollution reduction and carbon reduction; second, focus on source control, coordinate the emission reduction requirements of various pollutants and greenhouse gases, and optimize the treatment process and technical route; third, accelerate the incorporation of coordinated control of greenhouse gas emissions into relevant laws, regulations and policy standards, and promote the transformation of synergistic technological achievements; Fourth, we will actively support the pilot projects of collaborative innovation in regions, cities and industrial parks, and foster "experimental fields" for pollution reduction and carbon reduction. Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the first pilot list of collaborative innovation in cities and industrial parks, including 21 cities and 43 parks. These pilot projects are widely distributed, diverse and representative, involving iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemical and other industries. In the follow-up pilot work, we will strengthen technical guidance, experience summary and case promotion, and give full play to the demonstration and driving role of the pilot.
