The great river flows day and night, and the generous song is not young. On March 1, 2021, China's first river basin protection - the Yangtze River Protection of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Yangtze River Protection) was officially promulgated and implemented. In the past three years, under the guidance of the concept of "joint efforts to protect and not engage in large-scale development", the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the Yangtze River basin have promoted the improvement of the ecological environment. Behind the remarkable results is a systemic change in good law and good governance.
Break the wall and dredge the river, and gather a good governance of clear water. The Yangtze River is 6,363 kilometers long, and the basin area is 1.8 million square kilometers, is a social system, economic system and natural system connected and integrated into a giant composite system, the complexity of the management content (water, soil, animals, plants, etc.), the multi-faceted nature of the management objects (upstream and downstream, left and right banks), the diversity of management subjects (**departments, local people**, etc.) and the differences in the interests of each subject, etc., have brought great challenges to its governance. The implementation of the "Yangtze River Protection" has broken the administrative boundaries in the protection of the Yangtze River, and the state has unified guidance, overall coordination, and coordination of major cross-regional and cross-departmental issues. For example, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou jointly signed the "Agreement on Establishing an Inter-Provincial Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River", proposing to establish a joint mechanism for inter-provincial consultation and cooperation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. A series of cross-regional and cross-sectoral ensembles have made protection more systematic and targeted, and a series of ecological problems have been solved at the root.
The rules are strictly enforced, and the majestic legal system is sharpened. There are more than 100 pieces of legislation on the Yangtze River, most of which are limited to fields and blocks, and the "Yangtze River Protection" breaks the fragmented policy-making model and is leading, overall and systematic. It not only makes clear provisions on key issues such as the ban on fishing and illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River, but also makes a lot of additions to existing laws, and further consolidates responsibilities, strengthens penalties, and forms a deterrent. For example, since the implementation of the Yangtze River Protection for more than two years, Chongqing has been based on the functions and responsibilities of the public security organs, and has coordinated and promoted the work of "crackdown, prevention, management, and governance" in the waters of the Yangtze River, focusing on the investigation of a number of major cases, destroying a number of criminal dens, cutting off a number of criminal chains, and severely punishing a number of criminals in accordance with the law, and the illegal sand mining in the rivers throughout the territory has been greatly reduced. These legislative supervision work in the field of ecological and environmental protection have become a vivid portrayal of the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets in the field of rule of law.
Love the river and protect the river, blowing the breeze full of society. The production and life of coastal residents is an important source of pollution in the Yangtze River, which directly affects the ecology of the waters. To win the broadest public support, on the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job of daily environmental protection propaganda for coastal residents, and on the other hand, to coordinate the interests of the masses concerned. Three years after the implementation of the Yangtze River Protection, it has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people. Through the continuous ban on fishing, the social atmosphere of "no fishing on the water, no selling in the market, no cooking in restaurants, and no eating for the masses" has been formed, and many "water elves" have reappeared in the waters of the Chongming section of the Yangtze River; The 952 fishermen in Wanzhou, Chongqing also "went ashore" to start a new life, and many of them changed their careers to become fishermen, from "fishermen" to "fishermen......".Replace blockage with dredging, so that the masses can fundamentally understand and agree with the legislation and consciously become the protectors of the Yangtze River.
From a trickle to a surging river, the Yangtze River is like a beautiful "green belt", connecting the prosperity of cities along the river in an endless stream. On the third anniversary of the implementation of the Yangtze River Protection, we look forward to continuing to explore more beneficial practices in various places, condensing more protection energy in the whole society, accumulating more green wealth for the picturesque Yangtze River, and leaving a beautiful home for future generations.
Author: Yang Jinxing.