BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) According to Weibo, the official of the Propaganda and Education Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Eighth Environmental Protection Inspector Group of the Central Committee today gave feedback to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (including the Corps). The inspector pointed out that Xinjiang is extremely short of water resources, but the requirements for prohibiting and restricting the exploitation of groundwater in the country are not implemented effectively. The atmospheric and water environment problems in some areas of Xinjiang Autonomous Region are outstanding, and some places have problems of damaging the ecological environment.
From August 11 to September 11, 2017, the Eighth Environmental Protection Inspector Group of the Central Committee conducted environmental protection inspections in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) (hereinafter referred to as Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps), formed inspection opinions, and gave feedback to Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps on January 2, 2018.
Inspectors believe that since 2013, especially after the Ninth Party Congress of the Autonomous Region, the Party Committee and Government of Xinjiang Autonomous Region and the Party Committee and Corps of Xinjiang Corps have made ecological civilization construction and environmental protection an important part of the overall goal of achieving social stability and long-term stability, resolutely shouldered the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction and made positive progress in ecological environmental protection.
In March 2017, after the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader explicitly prohibited the "three high" projects from entering Xinjiang, Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps resolutely implemented it, organized research on specific measures to prohibit the "three high" projects from entering Xinjiang, and shut down the electrolytic aluminum production capacity built or under construction in violation of laws and regulations. 2.8 million tons; Implement a "one-stroke" examination and approval system for the development of energy and mineral resources, and collect all the examination and approval rights for the development of energy and mineral resources in various cities, which will be uniformly examined and approved by the autonomous region to promote the orderly development and utilization of energy and mineral resources; Revise the environmental protection regulations of Xinjiang Autonomous Region and the environmental protection regulations of coal, oil and gas development. Resolutely promote the rectification of environmental problems in Kalamaili Mountain Nature Reserve, fully restore the original appearance of the core area and buffer area of the reserve, and seriously pursue responsibility and accountability. Xinjiang Corps has integrated the concept of ecological environmental protection into urban planning and construction, and created a number of beautiful military reclamation new cities such as Alar, the first division and Tumushuk, the third division. Demonstration and promotion of thickening plastic film and residual film recycling, and strive to reduce white pollution.
Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps adhere to the policy of "tending mountainous areas, stabilizing deserts and optimizing oases" and vigorously implement key ecological projects such as "preventing and controlling desertification, returning grazing to grassland, protecting natural forests, saving water efficiently in agriculture, and protecting and restoring wetlands", and have achieved good results. Actively promote the key work of environmental protection. Since 2013, it has invested more than 50 billion yuan to implement the comprehensive air pollution control project in Urumqi with "changing coal to gas" as the core, and built 25 new urban sewage treatment facilities, increasing the daily sewage treatment capacity by 707,000 tons. The comprehensive management of the Tarim River basin has been promoted, ending the history that the downstream rivers have been continuously dried up for nearly 30 years, restoring more than 400 square kilometers of water surface and wetlands in taitema lake, and reviving the downstream green corridors. Strengthen the protection of Yili River, Irtysh River and Emin River, and the water quality of the three cross-border rivers has remained excellent for many years.
Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps attach great importance to the central environmental protection inspectors, seriously investigate and deal with environmental cases reported by the masses and make them public. As of October 31, 2017, 2,905 cases reported by the masses transferred by the inspector group have been basically settled, with 2,182 cases ordered to be rectified, 548 cases filed for punishment, a fine of 68.2 million yuan, 1 case filed for investigation, 25 people detained, 163 people interviewed and 1,613 people held accountable. Among them, the Corps completed 583 cases, ordered 457 cases to be rectified, put 79 cases on file for punishment, detained 1 person, interviewed 10 people and held 628 people accountable.
The inspector pointed out that although the ecological environment protection work in Xinjiang Autonomous Region has made positive progress, in recent years, the economic development has relied too much on the development of energy resources, and the problems of local environmental pollution and ecological destruction are more prominent. There is still a gap between the strength and effect of environmental protection and the requirements of the central authorities and the expectations of the masses. The main problems are:
First, the ideological understanding needs to be improved, and the implementation of the work is not in place. In some localities and departments, the concept of attaching importance to development and neglecting protection has not changed. They think that Xinjiang is an economically underdeveloped area, and it is the general direction to accelerate development and construction by relying on the advantages of coal, oil, minerals and other resources. It is unrealistic to emphasize environmental protection too much. Some comrades also believe that Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated, with a large number of deserts and Gobi, a large environmental carrying capacity, a good overall environmental quality, and a little pollution is not easy to appear, which will not have any major impact. It is precisely because of the above ideological problems that some localities and departments have lax requirements and ineffective implementation in promoting environmental protection.
In terms of eliminating backward production capacity, there are still some production capacities that are required to be eliminated by the state and have not been eliminated on schedule; In the implementation of the national air and water pollution prevention and control action plan, there are cases of relaxing requirements and standards. In particular, some departments have problems of inaction and chaos in environmental protection. The Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region failed to truthfully report the illegal electrolytic aluminum production capacity according to the national requirements, and failed to supervise and inspect the electrolytic aluminum cleaning work, resulting in the completion and commissioning of 800,000 tons of illegal electrolytic aluminum production capacity in east hope and 200,000 tons in Jiarun for nearly two years; The Ministry of Land and Resources approved or extended the mining rights in a large number of nature reserves. In December 2014, it illegally extended the mining rights for the rights protection copper mine of Turpan Jinyuan Mining and Metallurgy Company, forming a 23,000-square-meter mine pit in the nature reserve, and the ecological damage problem was outstanding. In the 2016 annual water resources management assessment, the Water Resources Department evaded the importance and neglected to include two important indicators, such as groundwater consumption.
Second, the atmospheric and water environment problems in some areas are outstanding. The average concentrations of inhalable particulate matter, fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in winter heating period in Urumqi in 2016 increased significantly compared with that in 2014. The pollution of small coal-fired boilers in the built-up area of the city is serious, and the "scattered pollution" enterprises in Midong District, High-tech Zone and Shuimogou District are not completely shut down and rectified. Hedong Veolia has not built phosphorus and nitrogen removal facilities so far, and nearly 100,000 tons of over-standard sewage is discharged into Laolong River every day. Midong District Government and its relevant departments have illegally agreed that Sino-German Fengquan and Hedong Veolia will dump sludge in Beishawo area for a long time, which not only encroaches on and destroys national public welfare forests, but also brings environmental pollution and hidden dangers. Some counties and cities in Changji Prefecture have failed to implement the special emission limit requirements for boilers, and some enterprises have many problems in exceeding the standard. During the heating period in 2016, the average concentration of inhalable particulate matter in changji city and fukang city under their jurisdiction increased significantly compared with the same period in 2014.
Lake Erik in Karamay City is a pilot lake for ecological environmental protection approved by the autonomous region in 2015. However, the progress of the treatment project included in the pilot project is lagging behind, and nine projects such as sediment dredging and enclosure grazing prohibition have not yet been funded, which seriously affects the improvement of water quality. In the case of nearly doubling the amount of water entering the lake, the water quality of the lake still decreased from Grade V in 2014 to Grade V worse in 2016. Bosten Lake in Bazhou was included in the national pilot project of good lake ecological protection, but the progress of related treatment projects was slow. The sewage treatment plants such as bohu county and Dahekou Scenic Area either exceeded the standard or operated abnormally, and the water quality of the lake did not reach the expected treatment goal. Long-term over-exploitation of groundwater around Chaiwobao Lake in Urumqi has seriously affected the lake’s water replenishment, resulting in a significant reduction in the lake area.
Third, there are problems that damage the ecological environment in some places. Since 2013, Bozhou Guotou Company has participated in Bo Ai Feng Biological Products Company to illegally dig ditches in the core area of Ebinur Lake National Nature Reserve, catch Artemia and get dividends; Bozhou Water Conservancy Bureau illegally issued a fishing license for Bo Ai Feng Biological Products Company, and charged a value-added protection fee for fishery resources. The recovery and treatment of mine environment is lagging behind. The damaged area of mines with closed pits and small coal mines, sandstone and clay mines closed by policies in the whole region has reached 2165 square kilometers, and only 3.77% of the treated area has been completed so far. The problems of indiscriminate mining and excavation in Aiweiergou of Turpan City and Sulphur Ditch of Changji Prefecture are prominent, and the ecological restoration is seriously lagging behind.
In addition, Xinjiang is extremely short of water resources, but the requirements for prohibiting and restricting the exploitation of groundwater in the country are not implemented effectively. Midong District of Urumqi was designated as a serious groundwater overexploitation area in February 2016, but as of July 2017, there were still 149 self-provided wells of 91 industrial enterprises in Midong District to exploit groundwater, and a large amount of groundwater was pumped, which led to the decline of groundwater level in this area. After the built-up area of Korla City, Bazhou was designated as a no-mining area for groundwater in September 2014, so far, the no-mining regulations have not been implemented. In 2016, the groundwater level dropped by 2.18 meters compared with that in 2013, posing a great threat to the city’s ecological environment.
Fourth, the outstanding environmental problems in some places have not been completely solved. There are 19 steel casting enterprises in Midong Chemical Industry Park in Urumqi, 11 of which have no environmental protection procedures and 4 have no pollution control facilities. The Tianshan Industrial Park in Hutubi, Changji Prefecture has not yet built a sewage treatment plant as required, and many enterprises in the park have illegally discharged sewage into the seepage pit of the park for a long time. Wulabo drinking water source is the main surface drinking water source in Urumqi. However, since 2013, the municipal government and its development, reform, planning and other departments have successively approved the location of Wulabo sewage treatment plant and built it in the secondary protection zone of drinking water source, and set up sewage outlets in it, which poses a serious threat to water source safety.
At the same time, the inspector pointed out that the implementation of the main responsibility of environmental protection in some divisions and cities of Xinjiang Corps is not in place, the management mechanism is still not perfect, and the ecological and environmental problems in some areas are more prominent. The Development and Reform Commission of the Corps did not include the coal mines in Yili Black Bee Nature Reserve in the list of coal production capacity withdrawal from 2016 to 2020; The Committee of Industry and Information Technology has failed to eliminate backward production capacity. Two 50,000-ton/year blue carbon production units of Hami Yile Coking Company should be eliminated by the end of 2012 as required, but they have not been eliminated yet. Land, tourism and other departments still illegally approve hydropower stations, tourism and other projects in nature reserves after 2013; The Forestry Bureau is seriously absent from the daily management of nature reserves, and fails to supervise and stop a large number of illegal and illegal projects in nature reserves.
Pollution control in some areas is not strong enough. In recent years, a large number of energy and chemical enterprises have been built in Shihezi city, and the problem of regional structural pollution has become increasingly prominent. After 2014, 36 new coal-fired boilers with less than 10 tons of steam per hour will still be built illegally; The pollution problem of a large number of small heating boilers in urban villages in winter is prominent. In 2016, the city’s air quality rate decreased by 5.8% compared with the previous year, and the average concentration of fine particles increased by 30% in the first half of 2017. In recent years, the installed capacity of thermal power and electrolytic aluminum in wujiaqu city increased rapidly, and the coal consumption continued to increase. In 2016, the city’s air quality rate decreased by 10.4% compared with the previous year, and the average concentration of fine particles in the first half of 2017 increased by 12.5% year-on-year. In addition, Mushroom Lake Reservoir mainly receives domestic sewage and industrial wastewater from Shihezi City, but the upgrading and reuse project of municipal sewage treatment plant planned by Shihezi City in 2015 will not be started until the inspector is stationed; The urban sewage collection pipe network is not perfect, and about 60 thousand tons of domestic sewage can not treat the direct discharge environment every day; The reclaimed water reuse facilities in the city chemical new materials industrial park failed to play a role, and about 4000 tons of industrial wastewater were discharged directly into the reservoir every day. It is precisely because of the slow treatment work that the water quality of Moguhu Reservoir has been worse than Grade V since 2013.
Some outstanding environmental problems have not been solved for a long time. There are many problems in the illegal construction and development of the four provincial nature reserves of Xinjiang Corps. There are 17 hydropower stations in the wetland provincial nature reserve in Kuitun River Basin. Yong ‘anba Wetland Eco-tourism Zone is located in the wetland provincial nature reserve in the middle and lower reaches of the Yarkant River, and has illegally built docks, wooden plank roads and other facilities. Four cotton pulp and viscose fiber enterprises failed to carry out the harmless treatment of pollution storage as required, among which the production wastewater of Alar Fulida Fiber Co., Ltd. was discharged into the pollution storage illegally, causing environmental pollution around.
Inspectors demanded that Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the thought of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on ecological civilization construction and the important instructions to Xinjiang, resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction, firmly establish the concept of green development, closely focus on the overall goal of social stability and long-term stability, strengthen the responsibility of the party and government for environmental protection, and pay close attention to ecological civilization construction and environmental protection. Strengthen the overall coordination of environmental protection between military and civilian areas, focus on solving outstanding environmental problems, and constantly build an ecological security barrier in the northwest. Serious responsibility shall be investigated according to the law and regulations. For the problems found in the inspectors, the relevant departments shall be instructed to further investigate, clarify the responsibilities one by one, and be seriously accountable according to relevant regulations.
The inspector stressed that Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Corps should study and formulate rectification plans respectively according to the requirements of "Environmental Protection Inspector Plan (Trial)" and submit them to the State Council within 30 working days. The rectification plan and the implementation of rectification should be disclosed to the public in a timely manner in accordance with relevant regulations.
The inspector group also sorted out the problem of investigating the responsibility for ecological environmental damage found, and handed it over to the Party Committee and Government of Xinjiang Autonomous Region and the Party Committee and Corps of Xinjiang Corps for handling according to relevant regulations.
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