focus point| When a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is held, what profound meaning should environmentalists read?

As the third quarter of 2024 draws to a close, the central government holds a major meeting. According to Xinhua Agency, on September 26, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to analyze and study the current economic situation and deploy the next step of economic work.

The meeting pointed out that some new situations and problems have emerged in the current economic operation. We must comprehensively, objectively and calmly view the current economic situation, face up to difficulties, strengthen confidence, and effectively enhance our sense of responsibility and urgency in doing a good job in economic work.

It is not difficult to see that the meeting proposed to view the current economic situation in a comprehensive, objective and calm manner, emphasizing that "the fundamentals of my country's economy and favorable conditions such as broad market, strong economic resilience, and great potential have not changed", but also not avoiding the emergence of some new developments in the current economic operation. The situation and problems demonstrate the comprehensive and scientific nature of the Party Central Committee's judgment on the economic situation.

The meeting sent a clear signal to continuously improve the development environment and unswervingly promote high-quality development. Aiming at the private economy,The meeting pointed out that "we must help enterprises tide over difficulties" and "we must introduce a private economy promotion law to create a good environment for the development of the non-public economy."

Just in September this year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment organized the formulation and release of "Several Measures for the Ecological and Environment Department to Further Promote the Development of the Private Economy"(hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which were deployed in four aspects.

Promote the development and growth of the private economy, better support and serve the development of the private economy, and give full play to the important role of private enterprises in promoting green, low-carbon and high-quality development. The ecological and environmental sector has great potential.

The "Measures" propose to support the green development of enterprises, accelerate the formulation and revision of pollutant emission standards, and establish a product carbon footprint management system. Increase the supply of environmental governance services, promote large-scale recycling and recycling, and support enterprises to improve the level of recycling of waste resources.

In terms of optimizing environmental access, green channels will be opened up for major private investment projects that meet ecological and environmental protection requirements. For construction projects that meet the requirements, under the principle of enterprise voluntariness, explore the implementation of "integration of approval" between environmental assessment and pollution discharge permits.

Implement positive list management for ecological and environmental supervision and law enforcement, and disturb law-abiding enterprises with everything. Continue to regulate enterprise-related fees and fines. It is strictly prohibited to "one size fits all" in the field of ecological environment, coordinate people's livelihood security and emergency emission reduction, and implement hierarchical and differentiated management and control of performance.

The "Measures" also emphasize increasing policy support, strengthening fiscal and financial support, developing green finance, and promoting model innovation such as eco-environment-oriented development (EOD). Support participation in environmental rights trading, encourage enterprises to independently and voluntarily develop greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, and participate in national carbon emission rights and national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market transactions.

"We must help enterprises tide over difficulties"-this statement at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is impressive.

The ecological environment department issued the "Measures", the purpose of which is to further optimize measures to facilitate enterprises, benefit enterprises and assist enterprises, actively respond to the concerns and practical problems in the ecological environment field reflected by private enterprises, enhance the green development capabilities and willingness of private enterprises, and strengthen the green development of the private economy. Technical, financial and policy support.

At present, high-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and the last word in the new era. For local ecological and environmental departments, on the one hand, they must take the initiative to gather strong synergy to promote sustained economic recovery; on the other hand, they must vigorously cultivate and develop green productivity, strive to promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and support high-quality development with high-level protection. Develop and build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist harmoniously.