1. Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, went to Guangdong for research and attended the symposium on ecological and environmental protection in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
From October 28 to 29, Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, went to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province to investigate ecological and environmental protection work, attended the symposium on ecological and environmental protection in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area held in Shenzhen and delivered a speech.
>>>For more content, click to read 2. Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, attended the 19th International Environmental Protection Expo in Hong Kong
From October 29 to November 1, at the invitation of the Environment and Ecology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Sun Jinlong, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, attended the 19th International Environmental Protection Expo and other activities in Hong Kong, and conducted in-depth research and exchanges around ecological and environmental protection work.
>>>For more content, click to read 3. The national finals of the 3rd National Ecological Environment Monitoring Professional and Technical Personnel Competition were held in Nantong, Jiangsu
From October 27 to 28, the national finals of the 3rd National Ecological Environment Monitoring Professional and Technical Personnel Competition, jointly organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Human Resources and social protection, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation and the General Administration of Market Supervision were held in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment and Director of the Organizing Committee for the Monitoring Competition, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
>>>For more content, click to read 4. Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspectors reported typical cases in a centralized manner
The third round of the third batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspectors thoroughly implemented the spirit of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches and important instructions on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, coordinated the development of river basin inspections and provincial inspections, focusing on the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Overall issues related to the basin and common problems in the ecological environment also identified outstanding issues in various places. Each inspection team went deep into the front line and on-site to verify a number of outstanding ecological and environmental problems, and verified a number of formalism and bureaucratic problems such as inaction, slowness, failure to take responsibility, failure to touch hard, and even perfunctory responses and fraud. In order to play a warning role and effectively promote the rectification of problems, the first batch of typical cases are now publicly notified in a centralized manner.
>>>For more content, click to read 5. The third round and the third batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspectors have fully entered the stage of sinking work
With the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the third round and third batch of eight central ecological and environmental protection inspection teams will be stationed in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Sichuan and Guizhou, as well as four central enterprises: China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Co., Ltd., China Petrochemical Group Co., Ltd., China Sinochem Holdings Co., Ltd., and China Chemical Engineering Group Co., Ltd. from October 18 to 20, 2024. As of now, all inspection teams have fully entered the sinking work stage.
>>>For more content, click to read 6. China-US Climate Action Working Group Methane Group Meeting Held
On October 31, the methane group meeting of the China-US Climate Action Working Group was held via video. Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, Jane Nihida, Deputy Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy of the U.S. President for Climate Issues attended the meeting.
>>>For more content, click to read 7. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced the 20th batch of typical cases of ecological and environmental law enforcement (special rectification by third-party agencies in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection)
In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on continuously and in-depth fight against pollution, strengthen the control of air pollution from mobile sources, and severely crack down on fraud, illegal and criminal activities by third-party agencies in the field of motor vehicle inspection, in September 2024, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, and the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration have deployed nationwide to carry out special rectifications by third-party agencies in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection. All localities and departments have strengthened overall planning, given full play to their joint efforts, carried out comprehensive investigation and rectification of motor vehicle emission inspection agencies and maintenance agencies, seriously investigated and dealt with a number of key cases in accordance with the law, and publicly exposed a number of typical cases, forming a strong social deterrent effect and further standardizing the motor vehicle inspection market develops healthily and orderly, promoting the reduction of mobile source pollution and continuous improvement of environmental quality.
>>>For more content, click to read 8.2024 China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Forum held in Liuzhou, Guangxi
From October 29th to 30th, the 2024 China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Forum was held in Liuzhou, Guangxi in a combination of online and offline methods. The theme of the forum was "Building a Regional Capacity Building Partnership." Nearly 200 representatives from environmental departments of China and ASEAN countries, relevant international organizations, research institutions, and enterprises attended the meeting.
>>>For more content, click to read 9. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the results of the national air quality forecast consultation for the first half of November
In the first half of November, the air quality in the northern part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas was mainly good to mild pollution, the central and southern regions was mainly light to moderate pollution, and the air quality in most parts of the Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Yangtze River Delta and South China regions was mainly excellent, and mild pollution may occur during some local periods. Among them, moderate pollution may occur in the eastern part of the Fenwei Plain, southern Sichuan, central Liaoning, central Jilin and southern Heilongjiang during some periods, and severe pollution may occur in central and southern Hebei and most of Henan. Affected by sand and dust weather, moderate and above pollution may occur in eastern and southern Xinjiang.>>>For more content, click to read