On December 27, the Chongqing Municipal Information Office held a press conference on the interpretation of the "Six Rivers" Ecological Corridor Construction Plan of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (2022-2035), introducing the relevant situation of the "Six Rivers" Ecological Corridor in detail.
Basic connotation. The area along the main stream of the six rivers in the Chengdu-Chongqing area.
Hu Wantai, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, introduced that the "Six Rivers" ecological corridor mainly includes the areas along the main stream of the Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Minjiang River, Tuojiang River and Fujiang River in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, with a total area of about 3510,000 square kilometers. It is a natural link connecting the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, with a variety of ecosystem service functions such as soil and water conservation, air purification, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, and carbon sink capacity, connecting the Chengdu-Chongqing dual-core and 46 important node cities.
The construction of the "Liujiang" ecological corridor focuses on improving the cross-regional and cross-basin collaborative governance capacity of Sichuan and Chongqing, which is a clear key task in the "Outline of the Planning for the Construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-City Economic Circle", and a concrete action to adhere to the policy of "joint protection and no large-scale development".
Hechuan section at the confluence of the Jialing River of the Fujiang River.
Plan your strategy. The "Six Rivers" will become an important ecological barrier protection zone in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River
The overall goal of the plan is to ensure the quality of the water environment in the Yangtze River basin, build an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and implement the key contents of the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, and by 2030, the regional coordination mechanism will be more perfect, and the construction of ecological corridors will achieve positive results. By 2035, the ecological pattern of "co-protection, co-construction and sharing" will be fully formed, and the "Liujiang" ecological corridor will become an important ecological barrier and key protection belt in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a demonstration belt for ecological priority and green development in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and a display belt for the ecological and humanistic charm of Bashan Shushui.
Beibei section of the Jialing River.
Hu Wantai said that the planning strategy is mainly reflected in three aspects:
The first is to strengthen ecological co-protection and maintain the bottom line of ecological security in the corridor. Strengthen the protection of important ecological spaces and important resources, establish a total of 180 important ecological resources protection lists covering five categories, including green islands in the heart of the river, river wetlands, canyons, lakes and reservoirs, and rare animals and plants, and coordinate the demarcation of ecological protection areas, ecological restoration areas and ecological rational use areas, and unify the zoning control system of ecological corridors. Establish and improve the horizontal ecological protection compensation system in the river basin, continue to promote the construction of ecological compensation rules and regulations, and explore the formulation of diversified ecological protection compensation mechanisms.
The second is to promote ecological co-construction and build a solid ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Highlight the "belt" spatial distribution characteristics of ecological corridors, clarify the construction goals and tasks of six ecological corridors of the Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Minjiang River, Tuojiang River and Fujiang River in different basins, significantly improve the relationship between people and water in the basin, and comprehensively improve the quality of the ecological environment of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The third is to promote ecological sharing and enhance the well-being of the people. Develop energy-saving and environmental protection industrial clusters, promote the scale, standardization and industrialization of characteristic ecological products such as natural food, bamboo and wood products, authentic medicinal materials, mineral water, and natural fibers, cultivate well-known brands and geographical indications of Bashu regional characteristic ecological products, create a number of cultural and tourism boutique routes such as Wujiang Baili Gallery, and explore a new model of green development in the Three Gorges.
Wujiang Pengshui section.
Delineate "three zones and three lines".
Unified zoning control of ecological corridors.
Yu Ying, a member of the party group of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, said that in order to unify the zoning and control of ecological corridors, the "plan" is based on the current status of ecosystems in the planning area, combined with the "three zones and three lines" delineated by the land and space planning, especially the "three lines" is the bottom line of our work, including permanent basic farmland, ecological protection red lines, and urban development boundaries, which are called "three lines". Through the management and control requirements of the "three lines" and the overall pattern of land space, three zones are delineated, namely ecological protection area, ecological restoration area, and ecological rational utilization area, which are both protected and utilized, and high-quality utilization is promoted through high-quality protection, and zoning control measures are formulated.
The area of the ecological reserve is 10,711 square kilometers, accounting for 30 percent of the entire "Six Rivers" ecological corridor5%, which is an area with excellent ecological background and abundant species resources, which plays a key role in maintaining regional ecosystem services and biodiversity, and Sichuan and Chongqing focus on building an "ecological co-protection" pattern that guards the bottom line of ecological security of the corridor.
The ecological restoration area covers an area of 5,358 square kilometers, accounting for 153%, which is the area where the ecosystem structure is degraded and the service function is damaged. The two places should carry out ecological restoration, and focus on building a cross-regional coordinated "ecological co-construction" mechanism.
The area of ecological rational utilization area is 19,050 square kilometers, accounting for 542% refers to other areas outside the ecological reserve and ecological restoration area, where human activities are relatively intensive and urban construction, agricultural production and other activities need to be carried out. It will focus on creating an example of "ecological sharing" in which man and nature coexist in harmony.
Qutang Gorge Scenic Area
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources.