Ten-year ecological changes in Henan： the concentration of PM2.5 decreased by 41.6%. Henan and Shandong ＂gambled＂ to protect the mother river.

At the press conference. People’s Daily Online photo by Yu Siyuan

People’s Daily Online, Zhengzhou, October 9 (Yu Siyuan) The proportion of days with excellent air quality reached 70.1%; The water quality compliance rate of drinking water sources in 61 cities, 165 counties and 1615 towns in the province is 100%; Since 2019, the province has achieved 100% safe utilization rate of contaminated farmland for three consecutive years … On October 9, this website learned from the series of press conferences of "Henan this decade" that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Henan Province has vigorously promoted green and low-carbon development, comprehensively strengthened ecological environmental protection, made a thorough fight against pollution, and accelerated the construction of a beautiful Henan where man and nature coexist harmoniously.

Wang Chaojun, a first-class inspector of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Henan Province, introduced at the press conference that over the years, the modern governance system in Henan Province has become more sound; The ambient air quality has been significantly improved; The water ecological environment has been significantly improved; The quality of soil environment is stable and improving. In 2021, the ecological environment quality in Henan Province reached the best level since the attack on pollution prevention and control was launched.

The concentration of PM2.5 in the blue sky and clear water decreased by 41.6% compared with 2015.

It is reported that Henan Province has paid close attention to structural optimization and adjustment, eliminated 6 million kilowatts of backward coal-fired power units, banned and rectified more than 120,000 "scattered pollution" enterprises, completed 1,434 comprehensive renovation projects for industrial boilers and 17,417 unorganized emission control projects for industrial enterprises, and took the lead in carrying out "double substitution" in industries such as edible fungi and flue-cured tobacco, and all coal-fired power plants in the province achieved ultra-low emissions. In 2021, the concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 in the whole province decreased by 39.4% and 41.6% respectively compared with 2015.

In terms of continuing to fight the battle for clear water, Henan Province insists on "increasing good water", vigorously promotes the construction of beautiful rivers and lakes, pays special attention to the management of key rivers, implements 929 projects of "Four Rivers Treating Together", restores 4,473 mu of degraded wetlands, and continuously increases the proportion of I-III water bodies; The system planned to fight four battles: black and odorous water treatment, water source protection, global clean rivers and agricultural and rural pollution control, and completed the construction of 453 key river basin projects. The black and odorous water bodies in the built-up areas of 144 provincial cities included in the national remediation list were completely treated, and the water quality of heavily polluted rivers such as Jia Luhe, Anyang River, Tanghe River, Weihe River, Heihe River, Sanlihe River, Tangjiang River and Baohe River was significantly improved.

In addition, in order to make people feel at ease in eating and living, Henan Province implements classified management of agricultural land according to priority protection, safe utilization and strict control. Establish a list of suspected contaminated plots and contaminated plots in the province, and strengthen departmental information sharing and linkage supervision; Strict supervision and management of key supervision units of soil pollution, strengthen agricultural and rural pollution control.

The ecological win-win mother river in Henan and Shandong has gradually become a "happy river"

Previously, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Henan Province compiled a series of plans, such as the implementation opinions of Henan Province on deepening the fight against pollution, the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" of Henan Province for ecological environment protection and ecological economic development, and the ecological environment protection plan of the Yellow River Basin of Henan Province, released the discharge standards of water pollutants in the Yellow River Basin of Henan Province, and signed a compensation agreement with Shandong Province for horizontal ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin (Yulu section). In the past two years, Shandong Province has cashed in 126 million yuan of ecological compensation funds to Henan Province.

In order to coordinate the coordinated management of water resources, water environment and water ecology, and implement comprehensive management of water, air and soil pollution, Henan Province’s "one river and one policy" has treated heavily polluted rivers such as Jindi River, Mang River and Erdao River, standardized the construction of 78 city and county-level water source protection zones, and promoted the construction of 298 villages for comprehensive improvement of rural environment in an orderly manner. The coverage rate of centralized treatment of rural domestic sewage in villages where township governments are located exceeds 80%.

In addition, Henan Province has regularly carried out the Yellow River "waste removal" campaign and the investigation and rectification of environmental safety hazards of "one waste, one reservoir and one product", continuously carried out the investigation of potential risks of sudden environmental incidents in enterprises involving risks and heavy industries, industrial parks, centralized drinking water sources and tailings ponds, guided the preparation of "one river, one policy and one map" emergency disposal plans for 53 major tributaries, organized emergency drills for sudden water pollution incidents in the Yellow River basin, and greatly improved the ecological and environmental risk prevention and emergency response capabilities.

"Every year, there are more than 15,000 white swans wintering in Sanmenxia, and the ecological beauty of blue sky and white clouds, clear water and green shores, birds and flowers are increasingly presented to the people." Jiao Yuansen, deputy director of the Comprehensive Department of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Henan Province, introduced that from January to August 2022, among the 35 national examination sections in the Yellow River Basin under the jurisdiction of the province, 30 were Class I-III water quality sections, accounting for 85.7%, and the inferior V water quality sections were stably eliminated. The average annual concentration of fine particles in nine cities and one district of the Yellow River Basin decreased by 21.3% compared with 2018, and the number of excellent days increased by 27 days.

A Canal of Clear Water Delivered to the North for Sustainable Development to Create a "Henan Model" for Water Environmental Pollution Emergency.

As the head of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project and the core water source area, how can Henan ensure that "one canal of clear water will be sent to the north forever"? In 2022, Henan Province promulgated the Regulations on the Protection of Drinking Water Sources for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Henan Province, which guaranteed the water quality safety of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project with the strictest regulations from the political height of guarding the lifeline.

It is reported that Henan Province has established a five-level river chief organization system in the water source area and the main canal of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, defined the responsibilities and tasks of the river chiefs, and carried out joint prevention, control and treatment to provide a mechanism guarantee for the water quality protection of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.

In order to strengthen the source protection, Henan Province has strengthened demonstration and guided four counties and cities in the water source area to successfully establish a national ecological civilization construction demonstration zone and a "two mountains" practice and innovation base to promote the green development of water sources.

In addition, Henan Province also organized a special campaign to protect the ecological environment in the water source protection area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and investigated and rectified 522 potential environmental risks.

Han Min, a second-level researcher at the Ecological Environment Department of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Henan Province, said that on the basis of "one river, one policy and one map", Henan Province explored Nanyang’s practical experience in water environmental pollution emergency work and created a "Henan model", which was promoted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in cross-regional, long-term and multi-point environmental emergency disposal.