Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, published a signed article "Deepening the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System" in the People's Daily

deepen the reform of ecological civilization system

Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reforms and Promoting Chinese-Style Modernization"(hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made major arrangements for deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system in the new era and new journey, fully embodying the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core attaches great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and its strategic planning, demonstrating the important position of the ecological civilization institutional system in the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system. We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, accurately grasp the great significance and goals and tasks of deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system in the new era and new journey, resolutely implement it, and comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China., accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The reform of the ecological civilization system in the new era has achieved remarkable results

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has regarded the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, coordinated and strengthened the top-level design and institutional system construction of ecological civilization, carried out a series of pioneering work, and promoted a series of transformative practices, achieved a series of breakthrough progress, and formed a series of landmark achievements, and significantly improved the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capabilities in the field of ecological civilization.

The ecological civilization institutional system has been systematically reshaped. Adhere to all-round layout, systematic construction, and multi-level advancement, and protect the ecological environment with the strictest system and strictest rule of law. Ecological civilization is included in the Party Constitution and Constitution, and the Environmental Protection Law and more than 30 ecological and environmental laws and regulations have been formulated and revised. The Party Central Committee and the State Council issued and implemented the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization", the "Overall Plan for the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System" and dozens of specific reform plans to gradually establish a natural resource asset property rights system, a land space development and protection system, a spatial planning system, a total resource management and a comprehensive conservation system. Basic systems such as the paid use of resources and ecological compensation system, environmental governance system, environmental governance and ecological protection market system, ecological civilization performance evaluation and accountability system, the socialist ecological and environmental protection legal system with Chinese characteristics and the "four beams and eight pillars" of ecological civilization The institutional system of nature has basically been formed. The responsibility for the construction of ecological civilization has been fully compressed and consolidated. Firmly grasp the "nose" of the responsibility system, establish and implement the evaluation and assessment of the goals of ecological civilization construction, the effectiveness assessment of the fight against pollution, the departure audit of natural resource assets of leading cadres, the river and lake chief system, the forest chief system, and the lifelong accountability of ecological and environmental damage., compensation for ecological and environmental damage, and strictly implement the requirements of "the party and government have the same responsibilities","one post has two responsibilities" and "environmental protection must be managed to manage development, environmental protection must be managed to manage production, and environmental protection must be managed to manage industries". The responsibility system led by the party committee, led by the government, and jointly participated by enterprise entities, social organizations and the public has become stricter and more complete, and the consciousness and initiative of the whole party and the country in promoting the construction of ecological civilization has been continuously enhanced. In particular, the central ecological and environmental protection inspection system personally planned, deployed, and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping has become a major institutional innovation and reform measure to consolidate the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction.

Major breakthroughs have been made in the reform of the natural resources and ecological environment management system. In accordance with the principle of optimization, coordination and efficiency, we will integrate and optimize institutional functions, and establish the Ministry of Natural Resources to uniformly perform the responsibilities of owner of natural resource assets owned by the whole people, and uniformly perform all land and space use control and ecological protection and restoration responsibilities; establish the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to integrate and disperse the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of relevant departments, and uniformly perform the supervision and administrative law enforcement responsibilities of ecological and urban and rural pollution emissions. Implement the reform of the vertical management system for monitoring, supervision and law enforcement of ecological and environmental institutions below the provincial level and the reform of comprehensive law enforcement for ecological and environmental protection, optimize the allocation of ecological and environmental supervision and administrative law enforcement functions in river basins and sea areas, and the independence, unity, authority and effectiveness of ecological and environmental monitoring, supervision and law enforcement Continuously strengthen.

The reform of the ecological and environmental governance system continues to deepen. Ecological and environmental protection work has shifted from focusing on reducing the total amount of pollutants to improving the quality of the ecological environment. It has completed the collection of national ecological and environmental quality monitoring powers, completed full coverage of fixed pollution source discharge permits, and comprehensively banned "foreign garbage". Entry. Scientifically delineate ecological protection red lines and establish the first batch of national parks. Establish a unified registration system for natural resources rights and further promote the "multi-regulation in one" reform. Deeply implement the comprehensive conservation strategy and implement the strictest cultivated land protection system, land-saving system, and water resources management system. Impose environmental protection taxes, establish a green financial system, promote emissions trading, and build the world's largest carbon emissions trading market.

The implementation of this series of reform measures has effectively promoted the in-depth advancement of pollution prevention and control, taken solid steps in green, low-carbon and high-quality development, made great achievements that attracted worldwide attention, and ecological and environmental protection has undergone historic, turning and overall changes. Changes, the people's sense of ecological environment gain, happiness and security have continued to increase, becoming an important part of the historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country in the new era.

Deeply understand the great significance of deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system in the new era and new journey

Chinese-style modernization is a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. Building a beautiful China is an important goal of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and an important part of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system in the new era and new journey, improving the ecological civilization system, and accelerating the improvement of the system and mechanism of the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets are of great significance to comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China and building a solid ecological foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system is the fundamental driving force for comprehensively promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature through the construction of a beautiful China. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "To build ecological civilization, the focus is on establishing rules and systems." Different from developed countries that have basically solved environmental pollution problems and shifted to the stage of strengthening carbon emission control, my country's ecological civilization construction is also faced with two strategic tasks: achieving fundamental improvement of the ecological environment and reaching carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and coordinating efforts to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and expansion. Green, growth, and comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China are still arduous. In the new era and new journey, we must further deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, enhance the systematicness, integrity, and synergy of the reform, make precise, coordinated, and continuous efforts, strive to solve outstanding contradictions and problems, and build a system that is compatible with the construction of a beautiful China. Adapt to the institutional mechanisms, accelerate the formation of a new pattern of building a beautiful China oriented to the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system is an inevitable requirement for supporting high-quality development with high-level protection. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Green development is the background of high-quality development, and new productivity itself is green productivity." At present, my country's economic and social development has entered a stage of high-quality development that accelerates greening and low-carbon. There is a long way to go to coordinate high-quality development and high-level protection. The endogenous driving force for the green transformation of economic and social development is insufficient. The industrial structure is highly energy-intensive and high-carbon. The emission characteristics are still obvious, and the situation of tightening resource and environmental constraints will continue. In the new era and new journey, we must further deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, with greater reform determination and more practical reform measures, resolutely remove institutional and institutional obstacles that affect high-level protection and restrict high-quality development, and accelerate the promotion of green and low-carbon development methods. Transform, build a green and low-carbon circular development economic system, cultivate green productivity with high-level protection, and support high-quality development.

Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system is an important guarantee for fundamentally improving the ecological environment and improving the well-being of the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "A good ecological environment is the fairest public good and the most universally beneficial people's livelihood and well-being." The construction of ecological civilization is a major political issue related to the party's mission and purpose, and a major social issue related to people's livelihood and well-being. As the main contradictions in our society change, more attention must be paid to responding to the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment. In the new era and new journey, we must further deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, strengthen the execution and rigid constraints of the ecological civilization system, further tighten and consolidate the responsibility of ecological and environmental protection, continue to improve the modernization level of ecological and environmental governance, and strive to promote continuous improvement and comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment. Improve and fundamentally improve, so that the results of building a beautiful China can benefit all people more and more equitably.

Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system is an urgent need to lead global environmental and climate governance to build a community of life on earth. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "In the face of ecological and environmental challenges, mankind is a community with a shared future where both prosperity and losses are lost." Today's world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. The complexity, severity, and uncertainty of global environmental governance are increasing, and the trend of politicization is significantly enhanced. my country's participation in global environmental and climate governance is facing new tasks and new challenges. In the new era and new journey, we must further deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, enhance the synergy of my country's carbon peak and carbon neutrality work, climate change strategy, ecological environment strategy, and international and diplomatic strategy, resolutely safeguard my country's development interests, and continue to enhance my country's role. The voice and influence in global environmental and climate governance lead the promotion of global sustainable development and jointly build a clean and beautiful world.

Comprehensively implement the goals, tasks and measures to deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system

The "Decision" clearly regards focusing on building a beautiful China and promoting harmonious coexistence between man and nature as important aspects of further comprehensively deepening the overall goal of reform, and deploys key tasks and major measures to deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system. We must anchor the goal of building a beautiful China, implement all tasks of deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system to the letter, and inject strong impetus and provide strong guarantees for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China and accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Improve the basic system of ecological civilization. The construction of ecological civilization is a long-term and complex systematic project. We must uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership, strengthen ecological and environmental protection inspections, carry out solid assessment of the effectiveness of the construction of Beautiful China, formulate and implement regulations on the ecological and environmental protection responsibility system for local party and government leading cadres, and consolidate the political responsibility of beautiful China. Implement an ecological environment management system that is sub-regional, differentiated, and precise control, and improve the ecological environment monitoring and evaluation system. Establish and improve the land and space use control and planning licensing system, improve the property rights system and management system of natural resource assets, improve the entrusted agency mechanism for the ownership of natural resource assets owned by the whole people, and establish responsibility assessment and supervision system for ecological environmental protection, natural resource protection and utilization, and asset preservation and appreciation., guide, standardize and restrict various behaviors of developing and utilizing natural resources. Improve the national ecological security work coordination mechanism and enhance the national ecological security risk research, assessment, monitoring and early warning, emergency response and disposal capabilities. Compile the ecological environment code, coordinate the formulation and revision of laws and regulations in the fields of ecological environment, resources and energy, and climate change response, and strengthen the legal guarantee for the construction of a beautiful China.

Improve the ecological and environmental governance system. The high-quality ecological environment is an important symbol of a beautiful China. We must promote the construction of the ecological environmental governance responsibility system, supervision system, market system, and laws, regulations and policy system, and accelerate the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment from quantitative change to qualitative change. Promote the construction of a Beautiful China pioneer area and carry out pilot demonstrations of innovation in multiple fields and levels. Improve the systems and mechanisms for precise, scientific and legal pollution control, and fight in depth to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land with higher standards. Implement a fixed pollution source supervision system with the emission permit system as the core, and promote the realization of full-element, full-linkage, and full-cycle management of emission permits for fixed pollution sources. Establish a coordinated management and environmental risk management and control system for new pollutants, and vigorously promote coordinated emission reduction of multiple pollutants. We will further promote the construction of a paid use and trading system for emission rights, deepen the reform of the legal disclosure system for environmental information, build an environmental credit supervision system, and strengthen the implementation of corporate ecological and environmental main responsibilities. Promote the construction of an ecological and environmental management system that integrates upstream and downstream in important river basins, and carry out overall protection, systematic restoration, and comprehensive management.

Respecting nature, complying with nature, and protecting nature are inherent requirements for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. We must increase ecological protection and restoration efforts and strive to improve the diversity, stability and sustainability of ecosystems. Implement the ecological protection red line management system, improve the integrated protection and systematic management mechanism of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and build a diversified ecological protection and restoration investment mechanism. Improve the development and protection system of marine resources. Strengthen the construction of ecological protection and restoration supervision systems. Strengthen the coordination mechanism for biodiversity protection, implement major biodiversity protection projects, and comprehensively promote the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body. Implement a rigid restriction system for water resources, comprehensively implement the conversion of water resources fees to taxes, and promote the sustainable use of water resources. Improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products and broaden the path for green waters and green mountains to transform into gold and silver. Deepen the reform of the paid use system of natural resources. Promote comprehensive ecological compensation, improve horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanisms, coordinate and promote compensation for ecological and environmental damage, so that those who protect and restore can receive reasonable returns and those who destroy can pay corresponding costs.

Improve the green and low-carbon development mechanism. In the final analysis, ecological and environmental issues are issues of development methods. To fundamentally solve ecological and environmental issues, we must promote green and low-carbon economic and social development. Implement fiscal, taxation, finance, investment, price policies and standard systems that support green and low-carbon development, develop green and low-carbon industries, improve green consumption incentive mechanisms, and promote the construction of a green and low-carbon circular development economic system. Optimize the government's green procurement policy, improve the green tax system, and stimulate the endogenous driving force and market vitality of green and low-carbon development. Improve the total resource management and comprehensive conservation system, improve the waste recycling system, transform resource utilization methods, and improve resource utilization efficiency. Improve the clean and efficient utilization mechanism of coal. Accelerate the planning and construction of new energy systems and improve policies and measures for new energy consumption and regulation. Actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and improve the work system for adapting to climate change. Establish a new mechanism for comprehensive transformation from dual control of energy consumption to dual control of carbon emissions, build a carbon emission statistical accounting system, a product carbon labeling and certification system, and a product carbon footprint management system, and improve the carbon market trading system and the voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading system.