Put rural environmental protection in a more prominent position

At a press conference held at the third session of the 12th National people's Congress on March 7, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining answered reporters' questions on land heavy metal pollution and the control of rural environmental pollution.

Chen Jining said: good soil quality is an important guarantee for safeguarding the safety of agricultural products and the health of the people. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to this issue and have identified the control of soil pollution as one of the three major action plans to declare war on pollution. At present, the Ministry of Environmental Protection is drafting a law on the prevention and control of soil pollution and formulating an action plan for the prevention and control of soil pollution.

Chen Jining said that in the next step, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will, in conjunction with relevant departments, further carry out detailed investigation of soil pollution, find out the family background, and do a good job in the control and control of pollution sources. To solve the problem of soil pollution, we should focus on doing a good job in four aspects: first, it is necessary to establish a corresponding legal system and standard system. It is necessary to ensure that there are laws and rules for the treatment of soil pollution. Second, strengthen the environmental supervision of industrial and mining enterprises. It is necessary to cut off the source of soil pollution and curb the trend of expansion of soil pollution. Third, we should carry out hierarchical and classified management of polluted land and do a good job in the control of pollution so as to avoid the spread and expansion of such pollution. Fourth, through pilot demonstration, establish our own pollution control technology system, and gradually promote the risk control and remediation of soil pollution. "

There are several outstanding manifestations of rural environmental problems: first, with the treatment of urban and industrial pollution sources, the proportion of rural pollution sources is increasing, and the emissions of some pollutants are now close to "half of the country". Second, the proportion of villages carrying out environmental renovation in the country is still too low, only about 10%. The problem of "dirty, chaotic and poor" in rural areas is still quite common. Third, the rural areas are faced with the practical problems of urban and industrial pollution transfer. Fourth, the overall eco-environmental degradation in rural areas has not been fundamentally curbed.

Chen Jining believes that soil pollution is a difficult and prominent problem in environmental protection work. This problem is not only related to the production and life of farmers, but also related to the fairness and justice of the whole society. In the past, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Finance vigorously implemented the policy of "promoting treatment with awards" to promote the regulation of environmental pollution in rural areas, mainly by solving problems strongly reflected by a group of farmers, such as drinking water safety, sewage and garbage treatment.

Chen Jining said that the Ministry of Environmental Protection will put rural environmental protection work in a more prominent position in the environmental governance work of the whole country, especially in the light of the control of air pollution and the implementation of the forthcoming "Water Ten principles" to strengthen rural governance and promote the equalization of basic public services for environmental protection in urban and rural areas. At the same time, combined with the implementation of the new environmental protection law, strengthen law enforcement to effectively prevent the transfer of industrial and urban pollution sources to rural areas. We will continue to promote the continuous improvement of the rural environment, focusing on solving the problems of domestic sewage, domestic garbage and livestock and poultry pollution, and ensuring the safety of water supply in rural areas. It is necessary to establish a target responsibility system for rural environmental protection to reflect the responsibility of local governments for rural environmental protection.