Does the New Year still smell like fireworks and firecrackers?Fireworks and firecrackers during the Spring Festival are a traditional custom in China, and they cannot simply be banned because of the so-called reduction of safety hazards and air pollution. Nowadays, some countries even have to apply for fireworks intangible cultural heritage, and our own traditional festival customs are really good at "flowering inside the wall and incense outside the wall"?
Recently, a message about "a complete ban on fireworks and firecrackers is illegal" has swiped the social **. This news stems from the filing review report of the Legislative Affairs Commission at the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 2023. The report makes it clear that the problem of a blanket ban on fireworks and firecrackers in many places needs to be corrected. This news undoubtedly brings good news to people who are looking forward to setting off fireworks during the festival.
According to the reasons set forth by the Legislative Affairs Commission in the review report, when there is a conflict between the superior law and the lower law, the superior law should be the criterion. The superior laws on the provisions of fireworks and firecrackers, such as the national air pollution prevention and control law and the regulations on the safety management of fireworks and firecrackers promulgated by the People's Republic of China, do not provide for a comprehensive ban on fireworks and firecrackers. Therefore, the one-size-fits-all local regulations banning burning are inconsistent with the spirit of the higher-level law.
The conclusion and attitude of the Legislative Affairs Commission after the review are very clear, the current regulations do not make comprehensive prohibitive provisions, and some local regulations are inconsistent with the higher-level laws and regulations, and should be revised. At present, the authority that formulated the comprehensive ban has agreed to make changes as soon as possible, so that fireworks can be set off and have a good time.
We must be aware that we have some culture that has been passed down for thousands of years, and has been crudely defined as bad habits by movement-style governance in some places. Fireworks from traditional festivals, paper money to commemorate ancestors, etc., these are our cultural traditions, representing the spiritual and emotional bonds of our nation. From the perspective of thorough governance and complete security, of course, we should appropriately control and stop in moderation, but control is not all-encompassing, and appropriateness is not the whole territory. We cannot blindly prohibit it without regard to reality and tradition.
Although it will take time to revise laws and regulations, there are reasonable regulations in place. Kunming, Yunnan Province, for example, stipulates that fireworks can be set off around the Spring Festival on 26 days in the five main urban areas and development resorts. This is fully in line with the law and satisfies public opinion and human feelings. The key to setting off fireworks is to formulate clear and detailed regulations to guide everyone to set off fireworks scientifically, moderately and safely.
I hope that in the new year, we can all feel the traditional New Year's fireworks in the sound of fireworks and firecrackers, and welcome the arrival of the new year. Let us keep our own unique and beautiful traditions, and let the fireworks bloom with the brilliant brilliance that belongs to China.