Hunan Issues Implementation Plan to Facilitate Yangtze River Economic Belt Development

2018-11-27
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The General Offices of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the Provincial Government recently issued an ¡°Implementation Plan for Hunan Province's Key Work in Deeply Promoting the Yangtze River Economic Belt Development (¡°Implementation Plan¡±). It responds to the idea of how to effectively ¡°facilitate the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt by promoting well-coordinated environmental conservation and avoiding excessive development.¡± Thirty-three specific rules have been made, which define the task completion date and responsible departments.

The ¡°Implementation Plan¡± notes that it is important to take ¡°water pollution remediation, water ecological restoration, and water resources protection¡± as the core to facilitate ecological environment conservation and restoration.

By the end of December 2018, the following tasks will be completed:
--Remediation and standardization in the construction of large-scale drain outlets;
--Remediation of centralized drinking water sources in cities at or above the county level;
-- Rectification of 33 black and odorous water bodies in urban areas, 76 in counties, and 41 in townships; and,
--Clear away pulping capacity for paper making industry in places that surround the Dongting Lake, including Yueyang, Yiyang, Changde and Wangcheng.

By the end of 2020, the proportion of water meeting excellent water quality in the national surface water assessment section will increase by 5 percentage points over that in 2017.

An ecological conservation zone covering the entire "one lake, four rivers¡ªXiangjiang, Zijiang, Yuanjiang, and Lishui" basin will have been established. Ninety percent of the rural household waste in the province will be treated; and a basic daily cleaning mechanism established. More than 85 percent of the farmers will have sanitary washrooms.

The ¡°Implementation Plan¡± says that Hunan will take ¡°ecological priority and green development effect¡± as an important reference for evaluating the overall performance of the Party and government leading groups and members; and for the reward, punishment, appointment and removal of officials. At the same time, provincial and municipal (prefectural)-level governments will regard it as an inspection. If responsibilities mentioned in the plan are not followed, and measures not working, officials at different levels should be accountable.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Liu Pingbo

Chinese source: hn.xinhuanet.com