Gansu has increased investment in special funds for the ecological environment, and issued special funds of 3.437 billion yuan last year

In 2023, in order to provide a strong guarantee for the in-depth fight against pollution, promote the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, and improve the quality of the ecological environment, Gansu will increase investment in special funds for the ecological environment, and a total of 3.437 billion yuan of special funds for the ecological environment at the central and provincial levels will be issued throughout the year. Among them, the central government's special funds were 2.837 billion yuan, an increase of 280 million yuan or 11 percent year-on-year; the central water pollution prevention and control incentive fund ranked first among the nine provinces and autonomous regions in the Yellow River Basin; and the central air pollution prevention and control incentive fund ranked first in the country. In terms of provincial special funds, under the premise of "living a tight life", we will increase financial support to ensure investment in ecological and environmental protection, and special funds will continue to grow. On the basis of the original departmental budget in 2022, it will increase by 5 million yuan to 600 million yuan, including 232 million yuan of transfer payments to municipal and state funds and 368 million yuan at the provincial level.

Strengthen the supervision of special funds, and implement "double disclosure" and "three combinations"

According to Yuan Yi, director of the Financial Audit Division of the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, in order to continuously standardize and strengthen the supervision and management of the province's ecological and environmental special fund projects and improve the efficiency of the use of funds, the "Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment Ecological Environment Special Fund Reward and Punishment Measures (Trial)", "Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment on doing a good job in the supervision and audit of ecological environment fund projects found in the rectification of the notice", "Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment Environmental Protection Business Fund Management Measures", "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Ecological Environment Special Fund Projects", Revise and improve the "Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment Organs Government Procurement Internal Control Management Measures" and "Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment Special Fund Project Supervision and Management Measures", clarify responsibilities, refine tasks, and strictly regulate from all levels such as fund declaration, allocation and allocation, project reserves, supervision and inspection, performance management and accountability, so as to manage people and affairs with systems, realize the whole process management of capital projects, and ensure the efficiency and safety of funds.

At the same time, all departments of the organization department, directly subordinate units and municipal and state ecological and environmental departments dispatch the progress of special fund projects every month, form special reports every quarter, and report to the province every six months. Strengthen the supervision and management of capital projects by urging cities and prefectures to conduct self-inspections, provincial and departmental spot checks, and special assistance inspections, so as to effectively improve the accuracy and effectiveness of special fund supervision. Organize and carry out internal audits of project funds and financial revenues and expenditures, report audit results, clarify audit rectification requirements, and supervise the implementation of rectification. Organize and carry out supervision, inspection and assistance of special fund projects from time to time, and implement precise policies in different categories and stages to improve the effectiveness of supervision in view of outstanding problems such as slow capital expenditure, lagging project progress, and non-standard bidding.

In addition, the preparation of clear, quantifiable and assessable performance objectives, through daily monitoring, regular monitoring and key monitoring, etc., each has its own focus, classification and implementation of performance monitoring, dynamic tracking and mastering of project implementation progress, fund allocation progress and performance target completion, the formation of quantitative and qualitative substantive monitoring results, to provide a basis for identifying problems, timely correction and deviation correction. Timely warning of deviations from performance targets and low budget implementation rate, urging rectification and urging to avoid idle capital precipitation. Adopt self-evaluation of the performance of directly subordinate budget units, budget items and transfer payment funds, so as to achieve full coverage of budget fund performance and whole-process management. Adhere to the principle of openness as the norm and non-disclosure as the exception, and promote the "double disclosure" of performance targets and performance evaluation reports, as well as the "three combinations" of departmental budget disclosure, departmental final account disclosure, and performance management information disclosure. Continuously standardize the content and form of financial information disclosure, and take the initiative to accept social supervision, so as to achieve both timeliness and quality.

Expand the main body of compensation, and improve the horizontal ecological compensation mechanism in the river basin

Gansu issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment and Improvement of Horizontal Ecological Compensation in River Basins in the Province", and continued to encourage cities and counties to carry out ecological compensation work in the main stream of the Yellow River, Heihe River, Shiyang River, Wei River, Bailong River and other river basins. Promote the province's 12 cities and 18 counties (districts) to establish a horizontal ecological compensation mechanism in the river basin, of which Zhangye City, Wuwei City, Jiuquan City's 3 cities and 9 counties and districts signed the second round of Heihe Shiyang River Basin ecological compensation agreement, Lanzhou, Baiyin, Linxia signed the second round of Yellow River Basin horizontal ecological compensation agreement, Tianshui, Dingxi, Pingliang signed a horizontal ecological compensation agreement on the Weihe River Basin, a tributary of the Yellow River, 6 counties in Qingyang District, Gannan District Cooperative City, Luqu County, Zhuoni County have signed the Yellow River Basin compensation agreement, Longnan, Gannan signed an agreement on horizontal ecological compensation in the Bailongjiang River basin. In order to consolidate the existing achievements and further improve the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism of the river basin, 100 million yuan of municipal, state and provincial awards and subsidies were issued.

While encouraging relevant cities and prefectures in the province to carry out compensation, it actively negotiated with neighboring provinces to further expand the compensation subject from within the province to outside the province, signed the second round of horizontal ecological compensation agreement with Sichuan, and signed the "Yellow River Basin (Gansu-Ningxia Section) Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement" with Ningxia. Taking Tianshui, Dingxi, Longnan and Gannan as the key areas, the research on horizontal ecological compensation for the water sources of Weihe River Basin, Bailongjiang River Basin and Jiudianxia Reservoir was carried out, so as to provide a useful reference for exploring the horizontal ecological compensation mechanism of the river basin in line with the actual situation of the whole province.

In order to accelerate the realization of high-level protection of water conservation in the Yellow River Basin and effectively ensure the water quality safety of the centralized drinking water source in Liujiaxia, Lanzhou City, the Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment has organized relevant departments directly under the provincial government to coordinate with the governments of Lanzhou City and Linxia Prefecture to promote the implementation of the standardized construction of water source protection areas. After supervision, coordination and communication, the Lanzhou Municipal Government and the Linxia Prefecture Government signed the "Ecological Compensation Agreement for the Environmental Protection of Liujiaxia Centralized Drinking Water Source in Lanzhou City" in December last year, laying a solid foundation for effectively promoting the standardized construction and protection of Liujiaxia centralized drinking water source.

Promote carbon emission trading and explore new practices of ecological and environmental protection finance

In terms of improving the market trading mechanism, Gansu has done a good job in the verification, issuance, settlement and trading of carbon emission allowances in the second compliance cycle of the national carbon emission trading market (2021 and 2022), with 192 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and 188 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent should be issued, with a quota gap of 3.43 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. As of November 9, 2023, 20 power plants in the province have completed 100% of the compliance and payment in full ahead of schedule, and the national carbon emission allowances in Gansu Province have traded a total of 8.1695 million tons in the second compliance cycle, with a turnover of 494 million yuan (including a cumulative purchase volume of 2.9674 million tons, a turnover of 188 million yuan, and a cumulative sales volume of 5.2021 million tons, with a turnover of 306 million yuan).

In terms of CCER, the application of national certified voluntary emission reduction (CCER) projects has been carried out in advance, and in accordance with the national Administrative Measures for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading (Trial), a total of 23 CCER projects in the first batch of recommended applications have been preliminarily screened according to the progress of the methodology, and the project database has been continuously updated.

In terms of diversified compensation, Gansu actively explored and practiced the path of ecological and environmental protection financial support, increased the docking with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, coordinated and promoted the construction of three pilot projects of eco-environment-oriented development (EOD) model with a total investment of 10.88 billion yuan, and obtained a total of 1.958 billion yuan of credit from financial institutions, and promoted the construction of five ecological and environmental protection financial support projects with a total investment of 9.72 billion yuan, with a total of 6.004 billion yuan of credit from financial institutions. Strengthen technical guidance, do a good job in technical review, and recommend 6 EOD projects to participate in the national review, and 2 projects have passed the review and storage, including the Hulu River Ecological Comprehensive Management and Rural Revitalization Industry Development Project in the Yellow River Basin of Jingning County, Pingliang City, and the Water Ecological Environment Governance and Ecological Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Health and Wellness Integration Project in the Bailongjiang River Basin (Wudu Section) in Longnan.