"This year, we will continue to focus on the theme of high-quality development, focus on the specific deployment of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee's '1310', focus on accelerating the development of new quality productivity requirements, and make contributions to the field of ecological environment. Xu Xiaoxia, deputy to the National People's Congress, secretary of the party group and director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the south that this year, the Guangdong ecological environment department will maintain the strategic focus on strengthening the construction of ecological civilization, coordinate the promotion of pollution control, ecological protection, and response to climate change, and coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth.
Xu Xiaoxia, deputy to the National People's Congress, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment.
Accelerate the green transformation of the development mode.
Nanfang**: This year, how will the field of ecology and environment innovate to serve Guangdong's high-quality development?
Xu Xiaoxia: Promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is a key link to achieving high-quality development, and we will continue to promote high-quality development with high-level protection.
Solidly promote the construction of a beautiful Guangdong. While continuing to fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control, we will promote the transition of various tasks from reaching standards to building beautifully. Guided by the ecological construction of Lvmei Guangdong, we will establish and improve the organization and implementation mechanism for the construction of a beautiful Guangdong, and work with Hong Kong and Macao to benchmark the construction of a world-class beautiful bay area. It will also carry out the construction of "beautiful series" at different levels and in different fields, including the construction of "zero-waste cities", the demonstration and creation of beautiful rivers and lakes, and the construction of beautiful bays.
Accelerate the green transformation of the development mode. Promote the optimization and adjustment of energy, industry and transportation structure, strictly manage access to high-energy-consumption, high-emission and low-level projects, accelerate the implementation of green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as steel, petrochemical and chemical industries, and strengthen environmental management in industrial parks and improve the quality and efficiency of environmental infrastructure.
Improve ecological and environmental protection policies for green and low-carbon development. We will increase the environmental impact assessment service guarantee for new quality productivity projects, fully implement the pollutant discharge permit system, and vigorously promote the pilot of the eco-environment-oriented development (EOD) model.
Continue to improve green technology innovation capabilities. Promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Ecological and Environmental Science Center, build a number of high-level green technology innovation centers, key laboratories and engineering research centers, focus on scientific and technological needs in the fields of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, coordinated treatment of multiple pollutants, environmental health, and new pollutants, and accelerate the transformation and demonstration application of scientific and technological achievements in the ecological environment.
Actively promote the development of environmental protection industry. Guide environmental protection enterprises and scientific research institutions to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, promote the construction of new ecological and environmental infrastructure, cultivate a number of specialized parks in the field of green environmental protection, build leading and backbone enterprises, and develop new quality productivity in the field of environmental protection.
Promote the construction of a beautiful bay area with a new positioning.
South**: What are Guangdong's new measures in the construction of the beautiful bay area this year? What will be the co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the field of environmental protection?
Xu Xiaoxia: The "Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China" regards the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as one of the five strategic areas that take the lead in building a Beautiful China Pilot Zone, and requires us to deepen the convergence of rules and mechanisms in the field of ecology and environment, and jointly build a world-class beautiful Bay Area.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area shoulders the responsibility and mission of showing the world the achievements of building a beautiful China. This year, we will focus on the new positioning of "one point and two places", benchmark the goals and requirements of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, and work together to promote greater progress in the construction of a world-class beautiful bay area.
Implement actions to improve the environmental quality of the Bay Area. Atmospherically, in terms of PM25. Focusing on control, we will promote the coordinated emission reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides, and ensure the completion of the emission reduction targets set by Guangdong and Hong Kong in 2025 and 2030. In terms of water, we will carry out a pilot survey of the water environment in the Pearl River Delta river network area, and promote the protection of the headwaters and drinking water sources of important rivers such as the Xinfeng River. In terms of oceans, we will strengthen the comprehensive management of the waters adjacent to the Pearl River Estuary.
Implement environmental health protection and prevention and control actions. We will further promote the construction of a "zero-waste city" in the Pearl River Delta, establish a coordination and communication mechanism for the construction of a "zero-waste bay area" with Hong Kong and Macao, and coordinate and promote the cross-regional collaborative disposal of domestic waste in Hong Kong.
Implement pilot demonstration actions for green and low-carbon development. Actively promote the pilot of carbon emission trading, and jointly carry out research and application demonstration of the mutual recognition mechanism of carbon labeling with Hong Kong and Macao.
Implement innovative actions for modern environmental governance. We will further promote the construction of monitoring systems for sound environment quality, water quality, new pollutants, carbon, etc., and accelerate the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Ecological and Environmental Science Center.
In addition, we will also take the opportunity of the 15th National Games jointly hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to promote the establishment of a higher-level, closer and more pragmatic Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation and coordination mechanism for ecological and environmental protection. Focus on key areas such as joint prevention and control of air pollution, marine environmental protection, and climate change response, and deepen the convergence of rules and mechanisms.
Create a beautiful bay Guangdong model.
South**: As a major maritime province, what measures will Guangdong take to protect the marine environment this year?
Xu Xiaoxia: In recent years, Guangdong's marine ecological environment has continued to improve, and the proportion of areas with excellent water quality in the province's coastal waters reached 92 percent last year3%, the best level in recent years. This year, we will continue to further promote the protection of the marine ecological environment.
We will further promote the improvement of water quality in coastal waters. Implement the Pearl River Estuary Sea Area Attack Action, land and sea co-ordination, systematic management, and source management. The "One River, One Policy" promotes the treatment and control of total nitrogen in rivers entering the sea, aims at the negative growth of total nitrogen concentration in the section of rivers entering the sea, and plans to implement key pollution control projects to reduce total nitrogen emissions at the source.
Strive to create a beautiful bay Guangdong model. Formulate guidelines for the protection and construction of beautiful bays in Guangdong, and implement actions to improve the quality and efficiency of the construction of beautiful bays and comprehensive management of bays. At the same time, we will carry out the selection of provincial beautiful bays, actively apply for excellent cases of national beautiful bays, and create a model of beautiful bays in Guangdong with national demonstration value.
Earnestly do a good job in the supervision of the marine ecological environment. Carry out the investigation and remediation of sewage outlets into the sea, and promote the establishment of a long-term supervision and management mechanism. At the same time, strengthen the supervision of the ecological environment of marine aquaculture, and improve the working mechanism of law enforcement cooperation for pollution prevention and control in coastal waters.
We will also actively promote the establishment of a system for the protection of the marine ecological environment. Implement the newly revised marine environmental protection, and achieve new breakthroughs in land and sea overall planning and coordinated governance.
Southern ** reporter Zhang Zijun.