The Regulations on the Construction of National Ecological Civilization Highlands in Qinghai Province will come into effect on August 1

The "Regulations" clarify that if people's governments at all levels and their relevant departments violate relevant laws and the provisions of these Regulations and commit dereliction of duty, abuse of power, or engage in malpractices in performing relevant duties, the directly responsible supervisor and other directly responsible personnel shall be given a warning, demerit, major demerit or demotion in accordance with the law; if serious consequences are caused, the punishment of dismissal or dismissal shall be given, and the main person in charge shall take the blame and resign. The "Regulations" stipulate legal responsibilities for violations of the regulations such as "mining peat in peat swamp wetlands or opening (enclosing) reclamation or draining natural wetlands","introducing, releasing or discarding alien species without authorization","polluting the environment, damaging the ecology and causing damage to others". At the same time, it is clarified that if violations of national regulations cause ecological environmental damage, the agencies prescribed by the state or the organizations prescribed by the law have the right to request the infringer to bear the responsibility for repair, compensate for losses and related expenses in accordance with the law.

Source 丨 Qinghai Daily reporter Qiao Xin