Police inspected soil for solid waste dumped in North North District of Chongqing last month. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The central ecological and environmental protection inspection campaign has played an important role in addressing some of China’s major and deep-seated environmental problems, said Zhai Qing, vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, on Friday. rice field.
Promoted and led by the central leadership, the campaign was piloted in late 2015 and has since been implemented in 31 provincial-level regions of China as well as several government departments and state-owned enterprises. Yes, he said as a bystander at the meeting. 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
In the first round of inspections, 96% of the approximately 3,300 pre-specified tasks were completed. In the early stages of the ongoing second round, approximately 1,230 remediation tasks have been identified, of which 60% are complete.
So far, inspection teams have processed 287,000 complaints about environmental issues from the public during the campaign, of which 286,000 have been resolved or partially resolved.
He said authorities are planning a third inspection and will continue to emphasize strict enforcement in their work.
