Strengthen the long system of rivers and lakes, build happy rivers and lakes
Li Guoying
The comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, based on solving my country’s complex water problems, ensuring national water security, and starting from the overall ecological civilization construction and economic and social development. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, deployed, and personally promoted this major reform. In November 2016 and December 2017, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council successively issued the “Opinions on the Full Implementation of the River Chief System” and “Guiding Opinions on the Implementation of the Lake Chief System in Lakes”. Practice in the past five years has fully proved that the full implementation of the river and lake long system is fully in line with my country’s national conditions and water conditions. It is a fundamental and pioneering major policy measure in the field of river protection and management, and a major institutional innovation with strong vitality.
Significant results have been achieved in the full implementation of the river and lake long system
In the past five years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Water Resources and various regions and departments have worked together to promote the solution of a large number of problems in the protection and governance of rivers and lakes that have long been desired to be solved but have not been resolved. Historical changes have taken place in the face of my country’s rivers and lakes. , The people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security have been significantly enhanced, and the river and lake long system has been full of vitality.
The responsibility system is fully established. According to the time node determined by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the river chief and lake chief systems will be fully established in 2018 as scheduled. The main leaders of the party committees and governments of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) serve as the provincial chiefs of rivers. There are 300,000 rivers and lakes at the four levels of provinces, cities, counties, and townships. Employees) over 900,000 people, realizing full coverage of river and lake management and protection responsibilities.
The working mechanism has been continuously improved. At the national level, an inter-ministerial joint meeting for the full implementation of the river and lake chief system was established with the leading comrades in charge of the State Council as the convener. The work pattern of first-level and level-by-level implementation. Promote the establishment of a joint meeting mechanism for provincial river and lake leaders in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins, and explore the establishment of joint prevention and joint control mechanisms for upstream and downstream banks, departmental coordination and joint mechanisms, river patrol (protection) systems, private river chiefs systems, and social co-governance mechanisms. Formed a strong work force.
The appearance of rivers and lakes continued to improve. Promote the establishment of “one river, one file” in various places and formulate “one river, one policy”. Promoting the demarcation of the management scope of rivers and lakes, for the first time, 1.2 million kilometers of rivers and 1955 lakes have clearly defined their management and control boundaries. We carried out special operations to clear the four chaos (indiscriminate occupation, mining, heaps, and construction) of rivers and lakes, and special rectification of the shoreline utilization of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, focusing on clearing and remediating 185,000 prominent problems in rivers and lakes, and rectifying more than 40 million illegal construction areas Square meters, cleared more than 10,000 kilometers of illegal dikes, more than 40 million tons of garbage in rivers, cleared 30,000 kilometers of illegally occupied shorelines, and cracked down on more than 11,000 illegal sand mining ships. Comprehensive management of groundwater over-exploitation in North China has been implemented, the groundwater level in some areas has stopped falling and rebounded, and the Yongding River, Daqing River, Hutuo River, Ziya River and other long-running rivers have been fully connected, and Baiyangdian has regained its glory. The black and odorous water bodies in cities at prefecture-level and above have basically been eliminated. In 2020, the proportion of water quality sections of national surface water in Grade I to III will increase by nearly 16% compared with 2016.
The awareness of caring for rivers and lakes of the whole people has increased significantly. Promote the system of rivers and lakes to enter enterprises, campuses, communities, and rural areas. A group of “corporate river leaders”, “township river leaders” and “women river leaders” have emerged in various places. The whole society is concerned about the atmosphere of participating in the protection and management of rivers and lakes. Growing thicker.
Accumulated valuable experience in the full implementation of the river and lake long system
The five years of practice has deepened our understanding of the regularity of river and lake protection and management, and accumulated valuable experience in the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system.
One is to insist on putting the people at the center. Rivers and lakes are closely related to the production and life of the people, and the people are eagerly looking forward to the protection and management of rivers and lakes. In the past 5 years, through the comprehensive implementation of the long-river system, we have focused on solving the most direct and realistic wading issues that the people care about most, creating a beautiful landscape with smooth rivers, clear waters, green shores, beautiful scenery, and harmonious people, and the effectiveness of river and lake protection and governance It has been widely recognized by the people. Practice has proved that the full implementation of the river and lake long system must adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, meet the realistic requirements of promoting high-quality development and creating a high-quality life, and build a solid ecological foundation for the solid promotion of common prosperity.
The second is to insist on ecology first. Rivers and lakes are an important part of the natural ecosystem and an important support for economic and social development. In the past five years, through the comprehensive implementation of the long-term system of rivers and lakes, various regions have been promoted to adhere to the path of ecological priority and green development, and coordinated economic and social development and protection and management of rivers and lakes, achieving a historic change in the appearance of rivers and lakes. Practice has proved that the full implementation of the river and lake long system must fully, accurately and fully implement the new development concept, maintain the healthy life of the river and lake, and provide strong support for promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and achieving high-quality development.
The third is to stick to the problem orientation. Problems such as frequent water disasters, water shortages, water ecological damage, and water environmental pollution are still outstanding in our country. These problems are concentrated in rivers and lakes. Over the past 5 years, through the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system, measures to local conditions, the right remedy, remediation of chaos in rivers and lakes, lawful management and control of water space, strict protection of water resources, precise control of water pollution, and accelerated restoration of water ecology have effectively solved the protection and management of rivers and lakes. Outstanding issue. Practice has proved that in order to fully implement the long-term system of rivers and lakes, we must adhere to the problem orientation, focus on key points, make up for shortcomings, strengths and weaknesses, in order to comprehensively enhance the national water security protection capabilities.
The fourth is to insist on systematic governance. Mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sand are a community of life. In the past 5 years, through the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system, the overall planning of the functional positioning and protection target requirements of different areas of the river and lake, and the comprehensive use of various measures to promote the overall task of water, bank, mountain, and pollution control, the ecological situation of the river and lake has undergone history. Sexual change. Practice has proved that the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system must establish a systematic concept, strengthen comprehensive management, system management, and source management, in order to achieve a fundamental improvement in the appearance of rivers and lakes.
The fifth is to persist in unity and water management. The full implementation of the river and lake long system is a complicated systematic project. Over the past five years, through the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake chief system, we have given full play to the advantages of the system of concentrating efforts on major issues, and strengthened the organizational leadership and overall coordination role of the river and lake chief system, forming a strong joint force to promote the protection and governance of rivers and lakes. Practice has proved that the comprehensive implementation of the river and lake long system must establish the overall “one game of chess” thinking, and establish a river and lake management and protection pattern of river basin coordination, regional coordination, and department linkage, in order to gather wisdom and strength from all aspects.
Strive to build a happy river and lake that benefits the people
The protection and management of rivers and lakes has a long way to go. To fully implement the Party Central Committee’s decision and deployment on strengthening the long-running system of rivers and lakes, promoting ecological protection and systematic management of large rivers and important lakes and wetlands, we must set goals, be down-to-earth, work hard and work hard for a long time, and make every effort to implement the long-running system of rivers and lakes. Advance in depth.
First, we must strengthen the coordination of responsibility implementation departments. Further improve the responsibility system with the main leaders of the party and government as the main body, and improve the responsibility chain of river and lake management and protection that is first-level with first-level, first-level supervision and first-level, through up and down, and implemented layer by layer, to ensure that every river and every lake is managed , Someone is guarded. Strengthen the performance of duties, supervision and inspection, positive incentives and assessment accountability of the leaders of rivers and lakes, and transmit pressure at all levels. Clarify the protection and governance tasks of rivers and lakes in all regions and departments, improve the coordination and linkage mechanism, and form a river and lake protection and governance mechanism led by the party and government, led by water conservancy, coordinated by departments, and governed by society.
Second, we must strengthen the intensive and economical use of water resources. Fully implement the principles of water-based city, water-based land, water-based people, and water-based production, establish a rigid restraint system for water resources, and standardize water use. Fully implement the national water-saving action, fight for in-depth water conservation and control in important areas and key areas, and improve the level of intensive and economical use of water resources. Implement major projects of the national water network, optimize the spatial allocation of water resources, and comprehensively enhance the ability to coordinate water resources allocation, water supply security, and strategic reserve capabilities.
Third, we must promote the recovery of the ecological environment of rivers and lakes. Deeply promote the normalization and standardization of the “clearing of the four chaos” of rivers and lakes, and extend the focus of cleaning and remediation to small and medium rivers and rural rivers and lakes. Accelerate the delineation and implementation of the protection scope of rivers and lakes, strengthen the classification and control of the shoreline space of rivers and lakes, implement the restoration of the river and lake space belts, ensure ecological flow, smooth flood passages, and create green ecological corridors along the rivers and lakes. Adhere to the prevention and control of the source and the simultaneous treatment of water and banks, strictly control various pollution sources, increase the control of black and odorous water bodies, keep rivers and lakes clean, and protect the aquatic biological resources of rivers and lakes. Continue to carry out river and lake health assessments, strengthen the management of groundwater overexploitation, and scientifically promote the comprehensive management of soil erosion.
Fourth, we must strengthen digital empowerment and improvement capabilities. In accordance with the requirements of “demand-driven, application-oriented, digital empowerment, and capacity enhancement”, with digitalization, networking, and intelligence as the main line, and digital scenarios, smart simulation, and precise decision-making as the path, strengthen data monitoring, interconnection and sharing, and accelerate Construct digital twin rivers and lakes with the functions of forecasting, early warning, rehearsal and plan. Improve the monitoring and control system, create a three-dimensional supervision network of “sky, space, ground, and people”, and timely grasp the changes in river and lake water volume, water quality, water ecology, and water area changes, shoreline development and utilization, and river sand mining management, and strengthen departments Information interconnection between regions, river basins and regions, and regions and regions provides support for intelligent management of rivers and lakes.
(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources)
“People’s Daily” (14th edition on December 08, 2021)
