Building a world-class beautiful bay area is an important part of building a beautiful China pilot zone. The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment on the 1st that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will innovate to promote the convergence of rules and mechanisms in key areas, and explore the introduction of a list of "Bay Area Standards" for ecological and environmental protection.
The year 2024 marks the 5th anniversary of the promulgation of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Xu Xiaoxia, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said in an interview with reporters that the pattern of ecological environment protection and co-governance in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has gradually taken shape, and the quality of regional ecological environment and green development are at the forefront of the country. However, there is still a certain gap in the quality of the ecological environment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and it is necessary to accelerate the construction and improvement of the ecological environment management system of the three places.
Xu Xiaoxia said that in line with the goals and requirements of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, Guangdong will join hands with Hong Kong and Macao to plan a cooperation path to jointly build a beautiful Bay Area, promote the convergence of rules and mechanisms in key areas, and innovate to promote the demonstration of major strategic platforms.
In terms of planning the cooperation path of jointly building a beautiful bay area, Xu Xiaoxia said that Guangdong will formulate and introduce action plans and policy measures for the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, and carry out demonstration construction in multiple dimensions such as beautiful blue sky, beautiful rivers and lakes, beautiful bays, beautiful cities, beautiful villages, and beautiful parks, so as to form a number of demonstration and leading models with the characteristics of the Bay Area, and drive the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone in all fields, all directions, and all regions.
In terms of innovation and promotion of the convergence of rules and mechanisms in key areas, on the basis of the original cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong and Guangdong and Macao in ecological and environmental protection, Guangdong will promote the establishment of a closer and more pragmatic cooperation mechanism for ecological and environmental protection between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, focus on key areas such as joint prevention and control of air pollution, marine environmental protection, response to climate change, and collaborative disposal of solid waste, deepen the convergence of rules and mechanisms, promote the joint release of the air quality health index of the Greater Bay Area, and explore the list of "Bay Area Standards" for ecological and environmental protection.
In terms of innovation to promote the demonstration of major strategic platforms, Xu Xiaoxia said that Guangdong will take major cooperation platforms such as Hengqin, Qianhai and Nansha as carriers to take the lead in exploring and piloting ecological and environmental management systems, standard systems and cooperation models in line with international standards; Carry out research and application of mutual recognition mechanism for carbon labeling, and explore the establishment of a regional product carbon footprint and low-carbon product certification system; Promote the three platforms to deeply participate in global environmental governance and exchanges and cooperation, strengthen international cooperation in green finance, green energy, and other fields, and achieve high-level mutual benefit and win-win results.
*:Xinhua.
Editor: Zhang Ying.